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
Power Plants
RUS Mandate Deadline ApproachingPublished: April 19th, 2011
The deadline is approaching for Rural Utilities Service electric program borrowers to comply with an agency rule mandating a written policy on the interconnection of distributed... Read more
Power Plants
Va. Co-op Bows Out of Nuclear DealPublished: March 1st, 2011
A Virginia G&T that currently owns a stake in two reactors at the North Anna Nuclear Power Station has decided not to pursue ownership of a third unit currently under federal review. Glen... Read more
Power Plants
Iowa Nuclear Plant Gets ExtensionPublished: February 4th, 2011
Iowa’s only nuclear plant, a significant chunk of baseload power for two of the state’s G&T’s, will continue operating for an additional 20 years, following a recent announcement from a federal... Read more