Look Out for “Market Ingenuity” from Stressed LNG Project Developers With the hundreds of billions of dollars at stake around the world in LNG infrastructure projects, nuclear professionals need to pay close attention to the fact that “market ingenuity” for LNG producers can include efforts to force nuclear plants to shut down. The shutdowns might … Continue reading Look Out for “Market Ingenuity” from Stressed LNG Project Developers→
A Look At The Future Of Nuclear Power If nuclear power is going to succeed in the 21st century, there will need to be major innovations in controlling costs and enhancing safety. The generation of nuclear reactors constructed in the 1970’s and 1980’s are showing their age. In just the past week, several U.S. reactors … Continue reading A Look At The Future Of Nuclear Power→
New GE Hitachi technology aids nuclear power maintenance work GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), in coordination with Exelon Generation, today unveiled a new, innovative remotely-operated tool that has successfully enabled nuclear technicians to complete tasks at the bottom of nuclear reactors more quickly and safely. This new tool remotely disconnects – uncouples – control rods … Continue reading New GE Hitachi technology aids #nuclear_power maintenance work→
Senators push bipartisan bill to build nuclear waste dump A bipartisan team of senators introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at breaking the decades-long standoff over the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. The bill directs the federal government to establish both temporary and permanent storage sites for waste from nuclear weapons and energy production. The legislation … Continue reading Senators push bipartisan bill to build #nuclear waste dump→
FERC Rejects Illinois Municipal Electricity Agency Waiver From PJM Capacity Rules On March 9, 2015, FERC rejected the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency’s (“Illinois MEA”) waiver from PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) capacity rules for the 2018/2019 delivery year. As a result, the Illinois MEA cannot use a majority of generation located outside of the Commonwealth Edison … Continue reading FERC Rejects Illinois Municipal Electricity Agency Waiver From PJM Capacity Rules→
FERC Accepts SPP, SERTP Order No. 1000 Interregional Filings, Affirms ISO-NE Order The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has continued the implementation of Order No. 1000 by accepting interregional filings by Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP) and utilities in the Southeastern Regional Transmission Planning Process (SERTP) region. In a separate order, FERC largely affirmed its … Continue reading FERC Accepts SPP, SERTP Order No. 1000 Interregional Filings, Affirms ISO-NE Order→
Fermi 2 nuclear plant shuts down after water leak detected FRENCHTOWN TWP. – DTE Energy Co. says it has shut down the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant after a water leak was detected within the dry well that encloses its reactor. Read full article at Lansing State Journal
Forget Utility 2.0—the Power Sector Needs ‘Regulation of the Future’ New technologies and financial innovation have launched an era of consumer choice and control in the power sector the likes of which the industry has never seen before. Solar panels, smart meters, energy storage, electric vehicles and microgrids are transforming the distribution grid and spurring … Continue reading Forget Utility 2.0—the Power Sector Needs ‘Regulation of the Future’→
Energy Management: A Key Growth Driver Within General Electric General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) Energy Management makes transformers, motors and related products that allow utilities and industrial firms to manage electricity efficiently from generation to consumption. Its products are used to distribute, protect and control electricity, modernize the grid, enable micro-grids and convert electricity into power (or … Continue reading Energy Management: A Key Growth Driver Within General Electric→
Power Companies Seek to End Losing Streak on EPA at Top U.S. Court (Bloomberg) — Think the U.S. Supreme Court is pro-business? Try telling that to the utility industry. Coal-dependent power companies have taken a pounding at the high court over the last decade, most recently with two losses last year on Obama administration clean … Continue reading Power Companies Seek to End Losing Streak on EPA at Top U.S. Court→
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