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Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers to speak at POWER-GEN

05/17/2013

The keynote session for POWER-GEN International 2013 may be the best keynote session in POWER-GEN’s 25-year history.

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Report: Outlook for U.S. energy independence positive

05/17/2013

A survey conducted by the KPMG Global Energy Institute shows that a majority of energy executives believe the U.S. can reach energy independence by 2030.

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Weekly Coal Production

05/16/2013

The Weekly Coal Production shows how much coal is being produced across the U.S.

LAwsuit alleges power plant emissions intensified Hurricane Katrina dismissed

U.S. appeals court upholds dismissal of suit alleging global warming caused hurricane

05/16/2013

The Associated Press reported a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that emissions from power companies contributed to global warming and intensified Hurricane Katrina.

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Senate confirms Moniz to lead DOE in 97-0 vote

05/16/2013

The US Senate voted 97 to 0 to confirm Ernest Moniz to head up the Department of Energy Thursday afternoon.

Oral arguments begin on coal-fired power plant lawsuit

05/16/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit filed against both the former and current owners of the Homer City Generating Station, a 2 GW coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania.

Lobster boat blocks coal shipment to Brayton Point coal-fired plant

05/16/2013

Two men in a 32-foot wooden lobster boat named the Henry David T. blockaded a shipment of coal from a Massachusetts power plant Wednesday as a protest against coal-fired power generation.

NRG Energy to retire Portland coal-fired power plant Connecticut New Jersey lawsuit settlement

UPDATE: NRG to retire coal-fired plant as part of legal settlement

05/15/2013

NRG Energy settled a 2007 lawsuit with the states of New Jersey and Connecticut that will result in the early shut down of two coal-fired units at a plant in Pennsylvania.

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No injuries in two separate power plant fires

05/15/2013

Fires were reported in two separate power plants Tuesday, with incidents in both Wyoming and Michigan.

Wind power, emissions control investments garner clash in Nebraska

05/14/2013

The Nebraska Electric Generation and Transmission Co-op Inc. is asking Nebraska Public Power District to eliminate proposed investments in wind energy, emissions controls and energy efficiency programs.

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LADWP to seek bids for 250 MW of solar power

05/14/2013

The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power is planning to seek bids from developers for 250 MW of solar power.

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Tennessee Valley Authority offers retirement incentives to workers in coal division

05/14/2013

The Tennessee Valley Authority will be offering retirement incentives to workers at the agency’s 11 coal plants in an effort to cut some of the 2,400 jobs in its coal division.

Radio-controlled airplane crash brings FBI to coal-fired power plant

05/13/2013

The FBI was called to the Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station in Bridgeport Harbor, Conn. after a radio-controlled airplane equipped with a camera crashed near the plant.

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Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions drop in 32 states

05/13/2013

A report released Monday by the EIA shows that energy-related carbon dioxide decreased in 32 states.

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AES units to retire or refire coal units in Ohio & Indiana

05/13/2013

AES Corp. said two units expect to retire or repower coal-fired units in Indiana and Ohio, and build a natural gas-fired power plant.

2013 Projects of the Year POWER-GEN International Orlando nominations open

The 2013 Projects of the Year nominations are now open!

05/13/2013

Power Engineering magazine and RenewableEnergyWorld.com announce that nominations are now open for the 2013 Projects of the Year awards!

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Salt River Project objects to changes in coal-fired plant lease extension

05/10/2013

The Salt River Project, owners and operators of the Navajo Generating Station, have told the Navajo Nation changes the tribe made to the lease extension for the Arizona coal-fired power plant are unacceptable.

TransAlta working to restore Keephills coal fired unit to service

05/08/2013

TransAlta Corp. continues to work with the original equipment manufacturer to safely return its Keephills Unit 1 power plant to service.

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Report: Utility leaders concerned about grid reliability, carbon legislation

05/08/2013

Utility leaders say they expect state or federal officials to take action on carbon regulations in the next eight years, and that grid reliability is still a major concern.

Fuel Tech receives orders for emissions controls in China

05/07/2013

Fuel Tech Inc. received three air pollution control contracts for three projects in China.

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Coal-fired Mohave Generating Station decommissioning to finish this week

05/06/2013

The decommissioning of the coal-fired Mohave Generating Station will be completed with a final walk-through of the property scheduled this week.

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Duke's Rogers: Edwardsport to go online within weeks

05/03/2013

Construction is complete and testing is entering the home stretch on the 618-MW Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) Edwardsport integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) project in Indiana.

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Senate committee to vote May 9 on McCarthy nomination

05/03/2013

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works announced Thursday it will hold a meeting May 9 to vote on advancing Gina McCarthy’s nomination as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Georgia coal-fired power plant explosion caused by worker error

05/03/2013

A generator explosion last month at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen was caused by worker error and not equipment failure.

Genscape report: April electricity demand at three-year low

05/02/2013

Last month’s electricity demand was the lowest monthly demand seen in the U.S. for the past three years, according to a report released Thursday by Genscape.

WPL approved to install emissions controls at coal-fired unit

05/02/2013

Wisconsin Power & Light Co. said it received oral approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to install additional emission control technology at Unit 5 of the Edgewater Generating Station in Wisconsin for $410 million.

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CB&I to help cut emissions at coal-fired units for $300mn

05/02/2013

CB&I was contracted for $300 million to execute an air quality control program for 13 coal-fired units at five sites, or about 9,000 MW of generating capacity.

Navajo Nation lease approved Navajo Generating Station Arizona coal-fired power plant

Navajo Nation approves lease for coal-fired Navajo Generating Station

05/01/2013

After hours of contentious debate and more than a dozen amendments, the Navajo Nation approved the lease for the 2,250 MW coal-fired Navajo Generating Station from 2019 to 2044.

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Georgia coal fired power plant developer restructures

04/30/2013

Power4Georgians, a consortium of electric membership cooperatives sponsoring the 850 MW coal-fired Plant Washington power plant in Georgia, announced Monday they would be restructuring and would not hold an ownership stake in the plant.

Department of Energy withholding records on Two Elk carbon capture study

04/30/2013

The U.S. Department of Energy is withholding records related to the carbon capture project at the Two Elk power plant in Wyoming because of a pending legal investigation.

Power plant to replace coal boilers with natural gas-fired ones

04/29/2013

Overland Contracting Inc. (OCI) was selected by Celanese Corp. to replace its coal-fired boilers with natural gas-fired boilers at a plant in Virginia.

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Mississippi Power requests $600mn for Kemper County IGCC plant

04/24/2013

Mississippi Power asked state regulators for an additional $600 million to build the Kemper County integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant, bringing the cost up to $3.42 billion.

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UPDATE: EPA proposes rule to lessen water pollution from power plants

04/23/2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will take comments on a range of options to help reduce mercury, arsenic, lead and selenium released into waterways by power plants, including through coal ash and air emissions control waste.

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EIA: Coal to recapture some of the energy market lost to natural gas

04/23/2013

The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts existing coal-fired power plants will regain some of the power generation market share lost to natural gas over the past few years as natural gas prices increase.

Consumers Energy confirms plans to mothball 320 MW coal fired power plant

04/23/2013

Consumers Energy's president confirmed his company's decision to shut down the 320 MW coal-fired B.C. Cobb Generating Plant.

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Duke plans to reach 6,000 MW of renewable energy by 2020

04/22/2013

Duke Energy has released its most recent sustainability report, which lists a goal of increasing the company’s renewable portfolio and reaching 6,000 MW of wind, solar and biomass power capacity by 2020 among its other goals.

Wisconsin utilities settle with EPA over coal fired units

04/22/2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin settled with Wisconsin Power and Light Co. (WPL) to reduce emissions from three coal-fired power plants in the state.

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TVA officials guarded, tense amid talks of federal divesture

04/19/2013

Top officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) gathered Thursday for a meeting described by local media as “tense” amid the revelation that the federal government is considering privatizing the storied utility.

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Coalition of states threaten EPA with lawsuit over New Source Performance Standard delay

04/18/2013

A coalition of states and other government entities, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, has sent of a letter of intent to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to finalize the New Source Performance Standard for new power plants.

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New emissions standards would fuel shift from coal to natural gas

04/18/2013

The cost of complying with tougher Environmental Protection Agency air-quality standards could spur an increased shift away from coal and toward natural gas for electricity generation.

Texas-based Energy Future Holdings considering bankruptcy

04/17/2013

Energy Future Holdings, a Dallas-based power company, is considering a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to restructure $32 billion in debt.

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Renewables are "bright spot" in bleak low-carbon outlook

04/17/2013

Today in New Delhi the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed the latest figures from its annual report on global progress towards a low-carbon future.

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L.A.'s move from coal could cost more than $600mn

04/17/2013

A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ratepayer advocate said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s plan to stop using coal-fired energy in the city could come with a price tag of more than half a billion dollars.

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Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center offline for routine maintenance

04/16/2013

The Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, a Dominion-owned power plant that can burn both coal and biomass, is offline for a scheduled maintenance period.

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GOP attacks idea to privatize TVA

04/16/2013

Republican lawmakers are attacking the idea, suggested in President Obama’s FY2014 budget, to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority.

NAES receives contract for emissions controls at Midwest coal-fired plant

04/16/2013

NAES Corp. has announced it has been selected to install a new dry sorbent injection (DSI) system and an activated carbon injection (ACI) system at a coal-fired generating station owned by a cooperative located in the Midwest.

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Westar Energy seeking $31.7 million rate increase for emission controls

04/16/2013

Westar Energy has filed a request with the Kansas Corporation Commission for a $31.7 million rate increase, which would increase electricity rates by about 1.7 percent. The increase is to cover additional costs to upgrade one of the company’s coal-fired power plants.

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Japan's greenhouse gas emissions rising

04/16/2013

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions increased 4.0 percent in fiscal 2011 from a year earlier, totaling the equivalent of 1,308 million tons of carbon dioxide, the Environment Ministry said in a revised report released April 12.

Xcel Energy plans to add up to three natural gas-fired units to fleet

04/16/2013

Xcel Energy is proposing adding up to three 215 MW natural gas-fired peaking units to help meet power generation needs during times of high electricity demand.

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EPA report says GHG emission levels down in 2011

04/15/2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased 1.6 percent in 2011 from the previous year, according to the EPA’s 18th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory.