Power Engineering E-Newsletter 6/19

Power Engineering |View online| June 19, 2015|Forward to a Friend Welcome! Winsted Custom Division The control room is the nerve center of any mission critical environment. Effective control room design considers both form and function to create workspaces that facilitate the complex interaction between operators, technology and the environment. Winsted Custom Division creates ergonomically designed custom consoles that do just that. Read More Share: Video Highlights Shareholders OK Hawaiian Electric merger with NextEra Duke Energy to use swine waste at Buck, Dan River power plants Ningde 3 nuclear unit begins commercial operation in China S. Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor to permanently shut down Waneta Expansion Project connects to BC Hydro grid View Now Share: From our Sponsor New Webcast: Coal Ash Management & Storage New standards for managing and storing CCRs were finalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in December. How will these regulations affect the ways companies handle coal ash using wet and/or dry systems? What technologies, processes, and strategies will prove most useful in complying with the new mandates? Register Now for the webcast on June 30. Register Now! Top Stories EPRI awarded $3mn to research power plant dry cooling technologies The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) won a $3 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a novel dry cooling technology for thermal power plants. Read More Share: Panel passes measure cutting EPA's budget A House panel passed a spending measure on Wednesday that cuts the budget at the Environmental Protection Agency by 9 percent and blocks the Obama administration from advancing new rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read More Share: Survey shows state air agencies fretting over NAAQS policy Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) changes to the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone has many states worried, according to a just-released survey from Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA). Read More Share: Duke Energy to use swine waste at Buck, Dan River power plants Duke Energy is asking North Carolina regulators to register its Buck and Dan River combined-cycle power plants as renewable energy facilities, as the utility plans to start utilizing biogas from swine waste. Read More Share: The Week's Most Read Articles EPA finalizes controversial SSM rule Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule directing 36 states to stop providing exemptions for emission violations during the startup, shutdown or malfunction (SSM) of a power plant. Read More Share: Top 5 U.S. coal plant heat rates Peabody Energy recently ranked the top 5 cleanest burning coal-fired power plants in the U.S. under three categories: SO2 emissions, NOx emissions and best heat rate. Read More Share: Video: Duke Energy implodes coal units at retired Cape Fear power plant Duke Energy’s contractor imploded Cape Fear's two coal-fired units — which began operating in 1956 and 1958 — on June 4. The Moncure, N.C. plant began operating in 1923. Read More Share: Nuclear must be part of U.S. energy future Nuclear energy must continue to be an essential part of the future U.S. energy mix, but building new nuclear power plants is not a feat that can be undertaken by anyone, one industry leader said. Read More Share: More Headlines • Nevada regulators reject Switch bid to leave power grid • SunEdison purchases two renewable energy developers • Raimondo nominates 3 to renewable energy board • Vermont governor signs renewable energy bill • S. Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor to permanently shut down • Enphase Energy Teams With My Generation Energy on 900kW Commercial Solar Installation • Waneta Expansion Project connects to BC Hydro grid • Centauri Energy receives approval on CAISO application for 300-megawatt solar project in California’s Central Valley • Mexico cogeneration power plant installs data monitoring system • PSEG fossil acquires natural gas-fired power project in Maryland • Japan OKs 40-year Fukushima cleanup plan despite unknowns • South Dakota's PUC OKs Xcel Energy 4 percent rate hike • GE renewable energy unit to invest $25mn in TerraForm Global • Fast breeder nuclear reactor to begin operations this year • NuScale president & CEO named to U.S. chamber spot • Whirlpool Corporation breaks ground on wind farm near Findlay, Ohio facility 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 June 10, 2015. 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: EIA’s weekly coal production report The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its coal production report for the week ending June 13. Read More Share: