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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Power Engineering's Top News Stories 12/30



Top Stories
EPA releases coal ash rule
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the agency will now consider coal ash on the same level as household waste as opposed to hazardous waste. Household garbage and coal ash are both listed in the solid waste category, a stretch from the hazardous waste classification.
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EPC Firms: Are they Meeting the Needs of Power Generators?
In partnership with Power Engineering magazine, Flaspöhler Research Group of Kansas City performed an eye-opening survey of 64 key power generation executives to measure the utilization, performance and perceptions of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms serving the power generation industry. Thirty two EPC firms were evaluated.
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Hinkley Point C nuclear plant to break ground in 2015
The head of EDF Energy said work on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is expected to begin in 2015.
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NRC: DOE’s Yucca Mountain R&D meet NRC requirements
The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published Volume 4 of its safety evaluation report on a proposed underground used nuclear fuel repository in Nevada.
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Industry News
PG&E discloses more emails with state regulators
California's largest power utility released a dozen more emails Monday that it said showed improper back-channel discussions between the utility and top state regulators.
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Group wants state regulators recused from PNM case
State regulators in less than two weeks are to begin deliberating a proposal that calls for shutting down part of an aging coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico that serves more than 2 million customers in the Southwest.
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PSEG Solar to acquire Maryland solar project from juwi
PSEG Solar Source will acquire a 12.9-MW solar energy facility near Waldorf, Maryland from juwi solar (JSI). The PSEG Waldorf Solar Energy Center will increase the capacity of PSEG Solar Source's portfolio to 123-MW.
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Brown picks aide to lead troubled California utility board
Gov. Jerry Brown named a former adviser on Tuesday to be the next head of California's troubled utilities commission, replacing a regulatory chief accused of back-channel dealings with utilities. Michael Picker, a former adviser to Brown on renewable energy and a former board member of a California utility, was Brown's pick to lead the California Public Utilities Commission, the governor's office said in a statement.
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