05.01.2013 | By Kennedy Maize
The challenges of running a coal plant are many and varied. But putting one to bed for good can be just as big a job....
05.01.2013 | By Kennedy Maize
With the ink barely dry on Version 4 of NERC's critical infrastructure protection (CIP) standards, a new iteration is on the way, bringing with it some major changes in the way the standards will work....
05.01.2013 | By Joan M. Bondareff
The potential of offshore wind generation in the U.S. is being held back by a regulatory no-man's-land....
05.01.2013 | By Scott Hempling
Is bigger better for the energy business? Says a veteran energy lawyer, it depends more on why and how a utility choose to grow. Unfortunately, few regulators are thinking much about it....
03.11.2013 | By Kennedy Maize Taking an activist stance in favor of unions, the National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that employers must continued to withdraw union dues from paychecks even after a collective bargaining agreement has expired. But another court ruling may place this NLRB decision—and many others—in doubt....
03.11.2013 | By Kennedy Maize Attention to the potential risks of solar storms to the power sector continues, as the NRC issues a highly unusual grant to a citizen's rulemaking petition on how solar storms could affect spent fuel powers at nuclear plants....
01.02.2013 | By Sonal Patel and Kennedy Maize
As 2013 opens, the coal industry is waiting anxiously on a variety of proposals for regulating coal ash. A reclassification as hazardous waste could deal another blow to coal, but some industry observers suspect the worst is not yet to come....
01.02.2013 | By Kennedy Maize A 2007 study sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security confirmed some of the industry's worst fears about the grid's vulnerability to terrorist attack. That study has remained under wraps until recently--and its findings are even worse than you may suspect....
01.02.2013 | By Ram Sunkara and Jackson Allen Combined heat and power offers many advantages for distributed generation. But leveraging them requires some careful planning and forethought....
01.02.2013 | By Kennedy Maize President Obama enters 2013 with a solid win in his pocket—and a host of challenges and decisions awaiting him....
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