Power Plants
TVA Plant Profits as ScrapheapPublished: December 29th, 2011
Sure, you can toss an aluminum can or a cardboard box in a bin and call it recycling. But an entire power plant? That’s exactly what the Tennessee Valley Authority is doing with its long-shuttered... Read more
Power Plants
Tri-State Buys Colorado Gas PlantPublished: October 7th, 2011
Following a year in which its load grew at triple the national utility average, Colorado’s Tri-State G&T is buying a 272-megawatt natural gas-fired plant. It will acquire the plant in Fort... Read more
Power Plants
Georgia Nuclear Plant Moves AheadPublished: October 5th, 2011
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving closer to ending the nuclear construction freeze in the United States, as it plans to act within months on a license request for a facility partially owned by a... Read more
Power Plants
Alaska Co-op Modernizes PlantPublished: August 17th, 2011
Co-op consumer-members in a remote Alaskan community can look forward to more reliable electricity service and improved energy security following construction of a new multi-faceted energy... Read more
Power Plants
FERC Cautioned on Price Rule ImpactPublished: August 8th, 2011
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s order intended to address potential buyer-side market power in the PJM Interconnection regional transmission organization will have serious unintended... Read more
Power Plants
NRC Group Wraps Up Accident ReviewPublished: July 21st, 2011
A sequence of events similar to those that devastated a Japanese nuclear complex is unlikely to occur in this country, and U.S. nuclear plants can be operated safely, federal regulators concluded following... Read more
Power Plants
TVA to Acquire Natural Gas PlantPublished: July 11th, 2011
Pending approval by its board of directors, the Tennessee Valley Authority is set to add a 938-megawatt natural gas plant to its holdings. TVA said July 7 that its staff has negotiated an agreement... Read more