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Friday, January 2, 2015

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Harvard Law professor says Clean Power Plan is unconstitutional
Laurence H. Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard University and former mentor to Barack Obama, said in an article last week that the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is unconstitutional.
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Steam Turbine Rehabs Improve Heat Rates
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan calls for a 6 percent improvement in heat rates at coal-fired power plants. A significant improvement in heat rate is one of several benefits of steam turbine rehabilitations. Under the proposed Clean Power Plan, each state's reduction target for carbon dioxide is based on four "building blocks." One of those building blocks centers on heat rate improvement, or the fuel efficiency, of coal-fired power plants.
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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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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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