Top Stories from Power Engineering 11/1

Top Stories
	Utility plans to demolish 3 coal-fired plants Consumers Energy has asked the state to approve a bond issue that will allow it to close and demolish three coal-fired power plants in Michigan. Read More Share:
	US, China to bid for overseas nuclear projects The United States is committed to working with China on the development of new nuclear reactors in both countries and will encourage joint bids for projects elsewhere, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said. Read More Share:
	EPA must set deadline for coal ash regulations A federal district court judge issued a memorandum opinion Tuesday stating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has 60 days to inform the court of when the agency plans to complete a review and revision of its regulations concerning coal ash. Read More Share:
	Xcel report shows turbine cracking caused Sherco 3 shutdown Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) on Oct. 21 submitted a long-promised Root Cause Analysis Report to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission about the primary cause of the catastrophic outage that occurred in November 2011 at the coal-fired Sherburne County Unit 3 (Sherco 3). Read More Share:

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	Who is the power generation industry's most influential person To commemorate POWER-GEN International’s 25th anniversary, Power Engineering will be recognizing the power generation industry’s 25 most influential people over the last 25 years. Read More Share:
	Installed generation lagging far behind 2012 The amount of new electric generating capacity installed during the first nine months of 2013 is lagging well behind the pace set in 2012, according to figures released recently by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Read More Share:
	Nuclear power plant workers banned from sites after attempted carjacking Two former workers at the Dresden nuclear power plant in Illinois are banned from working in nuclear power plants after they were accused of attempting to rob an armored car and carjacked a woman. Read More Share:
	EPA emissions from power plants have decreased 10 percent over past two years Greenhouse gas emissions from power plants have decreased 10 percent in the past two years, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Read More Share:
	Reactor shut down at Oconee Nuclear Station A nuclear power plant in Oconee County had to shut down one of its three reactors after a problem in the water system that helps generate electricity. Read More Share: