Texas traces low March coal burn to longer outages Houston , 17 April (Argus) — Texas’ primary grid operator said more than one-third of the region’s coal-fired generation was off line for extended periods in March, depressing monthly coal plant output to the lowest level in more than a decade. The Electric Reliability Council of … Continue reading Texas traces low March #coal burn to longer #outages
US greenhouse gas emissions spiked 2% in 2013 After two years of decline, total US greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere because of human activity increased 2% in 2013 over the previous year. That surge was fueled, in large part, because of a growing economy, falling coal prices and a cold winter, the US … Continue reading US greenhouse gas emissions spiked 2% in 2013
FERC Sets Ginna Nuclear Facility Agreement for Hearing The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) continues to look askance at utility requests for guaranteed income streams for their generation resources. Most recently, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC (Ginna) received a lukewarm reception to its request to establish a rate schedule and guaranteed revenue … Continue reading FERC Sets #Ginna Nuclear Facility Agreement for Hearing
Bloomberg terminals experience outage Bloomberg’s trading terminal experienced an outage on Friday morning, resulting in a treasury auction in the U.K. being postponed. The company confirmed to CNBC that its terminal was unavailable worldwide, with traders from the U.K. and Singapore complaining on Twitter that they had been affected by the issue. The interruption began … Continue reading #Bloomberg terminals experience #outage
Nuclear power needs government subsidies, but struggles to make the case for them WADSWORTH – Visiting the South Texas Plant Nuclear Operating Co. reminded me of the years I’ve spent on military bases. The machinery was huge and intimidating, the workers were courteous and professional, and the undertaking was important and dangerous. That’s not surprising … Continue reading Nuclear power needs government subsidies, but struggles to make the case for them
FERC rejects proposed change to gas day start time Washington, 16 April (Argus) — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will preserve the current operating schedule for interstate natural gas pipelines, walking away from its proposal to move the start of the gas day five hours earlier to help avoid electric reliability problems. FERC in … Continue reading FERC rejects proposed change to #gas day start time
SOME GOVERNORS PUSH BACK OVER MCCONNELL LETTER TO DEFY EPA CONCORD, N.H. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s call for governors to defy proposed federal rules to limit pollution has been met with mostly silence, but leaders in downwind New England states and drought-stricken areas in the West are pushing back. The Kentucky Republican wrote … Continue reading SOME GOVERNORS PUSH BACK OVER MCCONNELL LETTER TO DEFY EPA
Black Dog power plant moving off coal toward cleaner energy On April 8, the last shipment of coal was delivered to Xcel Energy’s Black Dog power plant in Burnsville, marking the end of the facility’s 60-year history of producing electricity from coal. Instead, once the coal units are replaced with a natural gas combustion turbine, … Continue reading #Black_Dog power plant moving off coal toward cleaner energy
Global Respondents Say Electricity System Can be 70 Percent Renewable by 2050 In ‘Beyond Integration: Three dynamics reshaping renewables and the grid,’ a recent global industry research initiative, DNV GL gathered views from over 1600 energy sector participants across more than 70 countries. The study addressed key questions on how to best move forward the … Continue reading Global Respondents Say #Electricity System Can be 70 Percent Renewable by 2050
Follow the big financiers: Solar and batteries are coming In 2014, a chorus of analyses from major financial institutions—including Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Fitch Ratings, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and UBS—found that solar-plus-battery systems pose a real and present threat to traditional utility business models. Many of them directly cited RMI’s report The Economics … Continue reading Follow the big financiers: Solar and #batteries are coming
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