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Cummins Power Generation Reaches 10,000 Power Suite™ Users in 10 Months Enhanced Version of Online Sizing Tool Ranks Best in Industry Poll
Minneapolis, MN, May 22, 2013 - Cummins Power Generation Inc., a division of Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), has announced that Power Suite 5.0, the latest Web-based ...... [More]

ConEd Electric Customers Get Rate Shock - Pay More Than Double U.S. City Average
NYC Residents Pay 102% more Than U.S. City Average - Federal Stats Show it's Time to Change the Game for NY Ratepayers, AARP Says

New York, May 21, 2013 - Some things never change in New York, though when it comes to electric rates, most residents likely wish they would.New York ...... [More]

New power-purchase agreement to benefit millions of South Carolinians
Moncks Corner, S.C., May 21, 2013 - Santee Cooper and the Central Electric Power Cooperative signed a multi-billion-dollar cost-saving extension of an agreement ...... [More]

NorthWestern Energy’s New Aberdeen Generating Unit in Commercial Operation
Sioux Falls, S.D., May 20, 2013 - NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE)announced that its new 60-megawatt, natural gas-fired peaking Unit ...... [More]

Emissions Benchmarking Report Illustrates Calpine’s Environmental Leadership
Houston, TX, May 17, 2013 - Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN) is one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity and, according to a report issued ...... [More]

Perry Nuclear Power Plant Returns to Service After Refueling and Maintenance Outage
Akron, OH, May 17, 2013 - FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Perry Nuclear Power ...... [More]

California's Newest Power Plant Goes Online Three Months Early, in Time for Summer Heat
CPV, GE & DGC begin commercial operations at 800-megawatt CPV Sentinel Energy Project in Riverside County

Desert Hot Springs, CA, May 17, 2013 - California's newest power plant, the 800-megawatt CPV Sentinel Energy Project, has begun flowing electricity to the grid three ...... [More]

NRG Settles Lawsuit with the States of New Jersey and Connecticut
Ceases Coal-Fueled Generation at Mt. Bethel, Pa. Plant and Invests in Environmental Projects

Princeton, NJ, May 15, 2013 - NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has agreed with the States of New Jersey and Connecticut to settle a lawsuit concerning the operation ...... [More]

Constellation Energy Nuclear Group Employees Win Two Top Industry Practice (TIP) Awards—One Takes “Best of the Best”
Maintenance Award and Vision and Leadership Award

Baltimore, MD, May 15, 2013 - Constellation Energy Nuclear Group was recognized with the B. Ralph Sylvia “Best of the Best” Award for its pressurizer ...... [More]

Florida Power & Light Company "Extended Power Uprate" project honored with two national awards
Juno Beach, FL, May 15, 2013 - Florida Power & Light Company's Nuclear Extended Power Uprate (EPU) project has been honored by the Nuclear Energy Institute ...... [More]

L&L to Provide One Million Tons Of Coal To Datang Power
Seattle, WA, May 15, 2013 - L & L Energy, Inc., (Nasdaq: LLEN) ("L&L" or the "Company"), a Seattle-based company with a track ...... [More]

APR Energy and Hertz Dayim Equipment Rental Sign Partnership Agreement for the Saudi Power Market
Jacksonville, FL, May 14, 2013 - APR Energy and Hertz Dayim Equipment Rental, the joint venture between Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation and Dayim Holdings ...... [More]

Employees safely return Plant Farley unit 2 to service following planned refueling outage
Birmingham, AL, May 10, 2013 - Unit 2 of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., has safely resumed generating electricity following completion ...... [More]

Unit 1 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Begins Outage for Planned Turbine Modifications
Berwick, PA, May 9, 2013 - Operators at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant disconnected Unit 1 from the regional power grid early Thursday (5/9) at the ...... [More]

Platts Survey: High Capital Costs and Maintaining Public Confidence Cited as Greatest Challenges Facing European Nuclear Power Markets
London, UK, May 9, 2013 - High capital costs and maintaining public confidence are seen as the greatest challenges facing the European nuclear power industry, ...... [More]

Dominion Shuts Down Kewaunee Power Station Permanently
Carlton, WI, May 8, 2013 - Dominion (NYSE: D) shut down its 556-megawatt Kewaunee Power Station permanently, ending almost 40 years of nuclear-generated ...... [More]

Platts Power Generation Tracker: West Europe's 20 Gigawatts New Capacity
Power Stations Nearing Completion, But Construction Starts Slow on Uncertainty

London, UK, May 8, 2013 - More than 20 gigawatts (GW) of gas- and coal-fired power station capacity is presently under construction in West Europe, despite ...... [More]

Slower growth drives Duke Energy's decision to suspend proposed plans for Harris Nuclear Plant expansion
Charlotte, NC, May 2, 2013 - Duke Energy notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of plans to suspend its application for two proposed new nuclear ...... [More]

New Texas Power Plant Brings Major Investment and Jobs to Harlingen
$650 million Power Plant to be built in the Harlingen Industrial Park

Harlingen, TX, May 2, 2013 - Construction is expected to begin early next year on the new La Paloma Power Plant, to be located in the Harlingen Industrial ...... [More]

AEP Receives FERC Approvals To Transfer Ohio Generating Assets
Company continues to makes progress in transition to full competition in Ohio

Columbus, OH, May 1, 2013 - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to separate its Ohio ...... [More]

Texas A&M Physicist Sees Energy Solutions In Green Nuclear Power Technology
College Station, TX, May 1, 2013 - In the mind of Texas A&M University physicist Peter McIntyre, two of America's most pressing energy challenges — what ...... [More]

InStep Software Selected to Conduct Real-Time Environmental and Radiological Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plants in Illinois
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) chooses Chicago-based company's eDNA real-time data acquisition, storage and analytics software platform to monitor all seven nuclear power plants in Illinois

Chicago, IL, April 30, 2013 - InStep Software announced that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) has selected its eDNA software suite to perform ...... [More]

World's Largest Electricity Producer Standardizes on Ventyx Asset Management for Power Generation Operations in France
Electricite de France plans to expand deployment of Ventyx enterprise asset management solution to ensure more reliable, efficient and safe generation of power for millions of citizens

Atlanta, GA, April 30, 2013 - Ventyx, an ABB company, announced that Electricite de France (EDF), the world's largest producer of electricity, has signed an ...... [More]

Interstate Power and Light Co. and Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate reach settlement on proposed Marshalltown Generating Station
Cedar Rapids, IA, April 29, 2013 - Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), filed with the Iowa Utilities ...... [More]

MOHR to Supply Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation to US Nuclear Stations
Guided Wave Radar System to Help Prevent Fukushima-Type Nuclear Accidents

Richland, WA, April 26, 2013 - MOHR Test and Measurement LLC (MOHR), a supplier of liquid level and multiphase flow instrumentation for nuclear and other industrial ...... [More]

History made as all eight units now operating on Bruce Power site
Tiverton, ON, April 24, 2013 - On April 22, for the first time in about two decades, Bruce Power reached its full operating capacity when Unit 6 returned from ...... [More]