Power Engineering Top Stories 11/4

Top Stories
	NRC resumes license renewals for US nuclear power plants after two year hiatus Following a two-year hiatus, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has resumed issuing license renewals for nuclear power plants in the nation. Read More Share:
	KCP&L requests rate increase to cover upgrade costs at coal-fired power plant Great Plains Energy subsidiary, Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L), filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) to increase base rates for electric service to about 270,000 of its 565,000 Missouri customers in the KCP&L Missouri service area. Read More Share:
	NorthWestern receives FERC approval for pending transaction of 11 hydro facilitie NorthWestern Corporation (NYSE: NWE) has received the final regulatory approval required for its pending $900 million purchase of 11 hydroelectric facilities representing 633-MW of capacity and one storage reservoir from PPL Montana (NYSE: PPL). Read More Share:
	Report finds problem with Hanford nuclear vapors The U.S. Department of Energy does not have an adequate system to detect whether harmful vapors are sickening workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear site, according to a new report issued Thursday. Read More Share:

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Industry News
	Kemper plant costs rise $496M due to startup delays In the September monthly report filed by Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) to the Mississippi Public Service Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said its subsidiary, Mississippi Power, will need an additional $496 million to extend the deadline to finish the Kemper Integrated Coal Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) facility in eastern Mississippi. Read More Share:
	Axion Power to supply energy storage for 9.1 MW Pennsylvania solar farm Axion Power International, Inc. will supply energy storage and frequency regulation for a solar farm that, upon completion, will be the largest in Pennsylvania. Read More Share:
	Utilities open new gas-fired plant in Cheyenne Power company officials on Tuesday marked the opening of a new gas-fired power plant in Cheyenne that replaces several old coal-fired plants elsewhere. Read More Share:
	Siemens to supply service & maintenance for Iowa wind projects Siemens (NYSE: SI) signed a long-term agreement with MidAmerican Energy to provide service and maintenance for 958 SWT-2.3 wind turbines at 12 projects in Iowa. Read More Share:

More Headlines
• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas headquarters will be located in Florida
• Westinghouse to provide nuclear passive safety system to Ukraine plant
• Guam to build $589M power plant to meet regs
• After Fukushima, Japan gets green boom and glut
• MHPS to supply steam turbines, gensets for coal-fired power plant in the Philippines
• EPRI names Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power CEO to board of directors
• Second Belarusian nuclear unit construction ahead of schedule
• Browns Ferry Unit 1 back online after refueling, maintenance outage
• Siemens names new CEO of Wind Power & Renewables business
• Man wins FERC approval for his own personal hydro dam
• DOE invests $13M for advanced nuclear reactor technologies
• Mystery drones fly over French nuclear sites