http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2010 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:44:39 EDT While the Environmental Protection Agency appears to have initially proposed to regulate power plant coal ash as hazardous waste, there are indications the Obama administration is preparing new federal rules that will at a minimum require utilities to convert... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4091.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT State regulators filed a protest at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monday over the Energy Department’s recent decision to scuttle the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository project, calling the move an “incredible waste” of billions of dollars... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4092.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Three leading Japanese automakers, Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. have formed an association to establish standardized technology for electric vehicle charging stations in Japan, with the aim of proposing a global standard. The... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4079.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Eight years after a grave nozzle-cracking and corrosion problem that threatened the plant in 2002, First Energy Corp. announced Monday that it has discovered less-serious cracking in 13 nozzles atop the new lid of its Davis-Besse nuclear reactor in Ohio... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4080.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Moving to extinguish an issue that is increasingly troublesome for the nuclear industry--and drawing growing attention from regulators—Exelon Generation Corp. announced last week it will pay $1.176 million to settle three civil complaints filed by state... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4071.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT The California Public Utilities Commission, resuming expansion of retail electricity competition for the first time since the state’s power crisis 10 years ago, last week approved a plan to allow more industrial and commercial customers to shop for a... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4072.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT While a majority of electric utility industry executives queried in a recent survey believes some form of carbon legislation is inevitable, more than 70 percent say they oppose the cap-and-trade approach to lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions included in... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4073.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT J. Gregory Meyer, formerly head of the Babcock & Wilcox unit that operates the Energy Department’s Pantex plant, last week was named senior vice president of Fluor’s government group and will lead the company’s environmental/nuclear... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4074.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Emera Inc., a Canadian energy company, expanded its position in Maine last week by announcing the purchase of Maine & Maritimes Corp., which serves 36,000 customers in the northern part of the state. Emera said Friday it is purchasing all outstanding... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4075.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Electricity prices in the Mid-Atlantic region and New York dropped by nearly 50 percent last year due to sharply lower natural gas costs and reduced consumption—evidence that two of the nation’s biggest deregulated power markets are working as... http://www.theenergydaily.com/power/4063.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST