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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Power News Update 8/29

NRC Issues Final Rule to Replace Waste Confidence Decision, Ends Licensing Suspension
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today issued a final rule on continued spent nuclear fuel storage and terminated a two-year suspension of final licensing actions for nuclear power plants and renewals.  The federal regulatory body’s new rule revises the Waste… Read More

India’s Supreme Court May Void Two Decades of Coal Contracts
In a sweeping ruling that will upend a nation that depends on coal for 60% of its electricity, the Supreme Court of India ruled on Monday that the country’s previous process for awarding coal mine contracts was illegal. Under the… Read More

NRC Computers Were Hacked Repeatedly, Report Says
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) employees fell victim to email “phishing” attempts three times in the past few years, allowing intruders into the agency’s email system, according to an internal report by the Office of Inspector General obtained by news… Read More

Dynegy Acquiring 12.3 GW of Generation from Duke and ECP
Dynegy Inc.—the Houston-based power company with operations in the Midwestern, Northeastern, and Western U.S.—has signed two separate agreements to acquire generation assets from Duke Energy and Energy Capital Partners (ECP). The acquisition includes a total of 12,313 MW of coal… Read More

UPDATED: Duke Energy Deals with New Spill in Ohio River
Duke Energy is scrambling to contain another major river spill—this time, of about 5,000 gallons of diesel. The company on Tuesday reported that the discharge of diesel oil #2 into the Ohio River inadvertently occurred at about 11:15 p.m. during… Read More

CPUC Opens Rulemaking for Distributed Energy Integration
Regulators in California last week initiated rulemaking to push the state's three investor-owned utilities to incorporate distributed energy resources (DERs) into the planning and operation of their electric distribution systems. The California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC's) Aug. 14 Order Instituting… Read More

Power Plant Pollution Control Is Focus of Conference
Strategies for compliance with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards led the list of topics covered during the Power Plant Pollutant Control “MEGA” Symposium held Aug. 19–21, in Baltimore, Md., but carbon dioxide (CO2) control solutions and sessions dealing with… Read More


Nation’s First Comprehensive Coal Ash Bill Awaits Enactment in North Carolina
North Carolina's Legislature last week became the first in the nation to approve a sweeping coal ash bill, but the state's governor isn't fully endorsing it.  Both the House and the Senate on Aug. 20 approved the Coal Ash Management… Read More 

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