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	Senate Passes Resolutions Blocking Clean Power Plan; President Promises Vetoes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, said in a statement Tuesday “the U.S. Senate voted to stand up for Middle Class Americans…by voting to overturn the Obama Administration’s deeply regressive energy regulations that would eliminate good-paying jobs…” Read More Share:
	MidAmerican Energy's New Iowa Wind Farm to Feature Tallest Onshore Turbine Ever in the US The tallest wind turbine ever installed in the U.S. is currently being constructed in Iowa. It's also the first project in the country to feature a Siemens concrete wind turbine tower. Read More Share:
	EPRI White Paper: Drones Save Time, Money with Solar PV O&M In a new white paper, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) looks at how plant operators can find benefits with the use of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, for O&M. Read More Share:
	175-MW Illinois Wind Project Begins Commercial Operations The Pilot Hill Wind Project will supply 100 percent of the energy needs of Microsoft’s data center in Illinois through a 20-year power purchase agreement. Read More Share:

Industry News
	Burns & McDonnell, ARB Inc. Developing Southern California CHP Project The natural gas-fired project will feature a GE LM2500 gas turbine engine, supplying up to 33 MW of power in addition to process steam to augment the existing steam supply for the oil refinery process. Read More Share:
	ODEC Selects Hecate Energy to Develop Virginia Solar Projects ODEC -- an 11 member-owned, power-supply cooperative -- sought bids over the summer for solar projects up to 10 MW. ODEC ultimately chose Hecate Energy based on the developer’s ability to provide cost-effective solar PV plants within ODEC’s member-owned service territories. Read More Share:
	MHPS to Install Boiler at New Shinseocheon Thermal Power Plant Owned by Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd. (KOMIPO), the 1,000-MW class coal-fired ultra-supercritical-pressure thermal power generation facility is being built about 200 kilometers south of Seoul in the Seocheon County of Chungcheong Province. Read More Share:
	Navigant Research Report Forecasts 37 GW New Energy Storage Deployments in Asia Pacific's Major Markets by 2025 The report, Country Forecasts for Grid Tied Energy Storage, looks at the capacity and revenue of grid-tied storage systems expected for deployment in major markets around the globe, including utility-scale and distributed energy storage applications for nine of the most popular technologies in each country. Read More Share:

More Headlines
• NRC Proposes Change to Rule to Decommission Nuclear Reactors
• Rolls-Royce Unit to Supply Diesel Gensets to Turkish Medical Centers
• Vietnam's Phu My Marks GE Power's 1st Upgrade Order Since GE-Alstom Merger
• UK to Shut Down Coal by 2025, Build More Nuclear
• NRC Gives Environmental OK for Braidwood Nuclear License Extensions
• 2 Belgian Nuclear Reactors OK to Restart
• Florida Regulators Approve Duke Nuclear Recovery Financing
• Justice Department Clears Schlumberger, Cameron Merger
• AEP, FirstEnergy Look to Customers to Cover Aging Plants' Operating Costs
• Atkins to Acquire EnergySolutions' Nuclear Services Unit for $318 Million

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 Nov. 11, 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 Nov. 14, 2015. Read More Share: