Power
07.30.2010 | BY JOHNATHAN RICKMAN
Saying they have “grave concerns” about the agency’s two-option proposal to regulate coal combustion ash, 31 members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee urged the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to continue to regulate coal... 07.30.2010
American Wind Energy Association Chief Executive Officer Denise Bode said Thursday that legislation to compel utilities to obtain 15 percent of their power from renewable resources by 2020 has the support of more than 60 senators, including six Republicans... 07.30.2010
In a new twist on solar power applications, Capstone Turbine Corp. this week announced a successful demonstration project with an Israeli firm called HelioFocus that used solar thermal technology to provide heat to drive one of Capstone’s... 07.30.2010
New York and Pennsylvania officials announced last week they intend to sue the operators of the Homer City Station, a 1,884 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania, for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review provisions. The... 07.29.2010
The National Nuclear Security Administration has named Mark Holecek, deputy director of the Office of Stockpile Management at its Kansas City site office, as the new manager of that site office. In his new position, Holecek will oversee Honeywell Corp., the... 07.29.2010
Too busy—or lazy—to make all those pesky home energy management decisions in the dawning age of the smart grid? Allure Energy Inc., a Texas startup, has begun marketing everybody’s favorite solution to life’s problems—a new smart... 07.28.2010 | BY CHRIS HOLLY
Just days after the Democratic leadership all but abandoned efforts to move climate change legislation through the Senate this year, a coalition of western states and Canadian provinces Tuesday proposed a greenhouse emissions cap-and-trade program aimed at... 07.28.2010
Southern Co. announced Tuesday that Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer David Ratcliffe will retire December 1 after a six-year run atop the Atlanta-based electricity giant, to be replaced by Southern’s chief operating... 07.27.2010 | BY GEORGE LOBSENZ
Despite the grid operator’s request for quick approval, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission declined Monday to immediately endorse the California Independent System Operator’s plan for expanding the state’s grid to bring on more... 07.27.2010 | BY JEFF BEATTIE
In a dispute that may delay approval of the new reactor design, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that--despite changes and concessions by the French nuclear vendor--Areva has thus far failed to adequately revise the instrumentation and control...
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