Power Engineering Top Stories 3/11

Top Stories
	Duke CEO: Customers should expect to pay for its share in coal ash spill Duke Energy’s CEO, Lynn Good, said the company and its shareholders will pay to clean up the coal ash spill that occurred Feb. 2, but its customers should expect to pay the costs of closing the utility's coal ash ponds across the state. Read More Share:
	Retaining wall completed at Kingston Recovery site The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an underground retaining wall at the Kingston Fossil Plant where more than one billion gallons of coal ash spilled from a storage pond in December 2008. Read More Share:
	Wind turbine blades to be certified to international standards Bureau Veritas, a testing, inspection and certification company, signed a framework agreement with LM Wind Power to cover certification of wind turbine blades to international standards. Read More Share:
	Under stress: Power producers re-evaluate O&M procedures as capacity factors for gas-fired plants skyrocket Low natural gas prices, stricter environmental regulations for coal plants, a surge in intermittent sources of renewable power and the growth of demand-response programs have led power producers to run their gas-fired plants longer and harder. Read More Share:

Industry News
	Consolidated Nuclear Security to manage US Nuclear Facility Management Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) was awarded a five- year contract to manage and operate the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, and Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., effective immediately. Read More Share:
	Bill Gates-backed startup to install energy storage battery at wind power project in Hawaii A Massachusetts-based startup backed by Microsoft’s Bill Gates plans to install its energy storage battery at First Wind’s wind power projects in Oahu, Hawaii. Read More Share:
	Solar power systems to be installed at California prison, hospitals SunEdison, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, National Bank of Arizona and Sol Systems have entered a joint venture to build a 13.4-MW solar portfolio for the State of California prison and hospital systems. Read More Share:
	Hydropower bill approved by Senate, awaits governor's signature With a 39-10 vote by Washington’s state Senate, a legislation recognizing in-conduit hydropower now moves to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk. Read More Share:

More Headlines
• Plant Hatch Unit 1 returns to service
• NuScale names Bergman as VP of Regulatory Affairs
• Surry Nuclear Unit returns to full power
• Westinghouse to work with Bulgarian university on AP1000 reactor
• GE announces new wind turbine with energy storage
• More workers were exposed to radiation at WIPP
• Areva, Day & Zimmermann JV names new president
• Three California companies awarded $2.2mn to help lower solar costs

Industry Trends
	Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts. Here's a look at how prices have changed up to March 6, 2014. Read More Share:
	Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Economic Indicators The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas offers a glimpse into how the markets are doing domestically and internationally. Read More Share:

White Paper
	Utilizing High Strength Stainless Steel for Storage Tanks This white paper explores three possible design solutions for marble slurry storage tanks, using three different stainless grades to arrive at a tank design whereby both corrosion and structrual resistance are optimized. Read More