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	GE's Alstom Takeover Closing Nov. 2 The $9.3 billion deal will see Alstom's power assets join GE Power & Water -- already GE's largest manufacturing unit and the world's top gas turbine manufacturer. Read More Share:
	DC Regulators to Reconsider $6.8 Billion Exelon-Pepco Merger In August, the D.C. Public Service Commission unanimously rejected the $6.8 billion proposal, saying both companies failed to show how the merger would benefit the district’s citizens. On Wednesday, commissioners decided to reconsider the deal now that it has the blessings of city officials. Read More Share:
	Siemens Supplying Turbines for 1,124-MW Pennsylvania Combined-Cycle Project Replacing the retired Sunbury coal-fired plant, Hummel Station is the seventh U.S. project Panda Power Funds has awarded Siemens and the third in Pennsylvania. Read More Share:
	CB&I Sells Nuclear Construction Unit to Westinghouse; Fluor Takes Over US Projects Westinghouse Electric Co. will take over the nuclear construction business of CB&I for $229 million, and Fluor was picked to continue building the four AP1000 reactors in Georgia and South Carolina. Read More Share:

 

Industry News
	House Votes to Reinstate Ex-Im Bank; Senate Vote Next The bank helps give funding to support the export of U.S. goods and services and was considered a major economic help to the nuclear industry. The charter lapsed July 1, 2015. Read More Share:
	Siemens Receives 1st Order for 7-MW Offshore Wind Turbines The company will manufacture and install 47 direct-drive wind turbines in the Walney Extension East project, to be built about 12 miles off the British west coast in the Irish Sea. Read More Share:
	Southern Company, AGL Resources Seek Merger Approval Southern Company and AGL Resources are asking Virginia state regulators to approve their proposed $7.93 billion merger. Read More Share:
	AEP Names New Executives at Michigan's Cook Nuclear Plant American Electric Power has named Joel P. Gebbie senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgman, Michigan. His successor, Larry Weber, is retiring after 17 years with the company and nearly four decades in the industry. Read More Share:

More Headlines
• South Korea Nuclear Reactor to Begin Operational Testing
• Exelon Will Defer Decision on Clinton Nuclear Power Plant
• Testing of AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Coolant Pump Successful
• Patriot Coal Completes Bankruptcy Reorganization
• First Solar, SMUD Sign PPA for Rancho Seco Solar Project
 

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 Oct. 21, 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 Oct. 24, 2015. Read More Share: