Coal / Energy
on January 31, 2018 at 5:01 pm ×
NEW YORK, NY — “U.S. coal production paused a yearslong, sharp decline through most of 2017, but the sector still faces the challenges of a rapidly aging customer base. Nearly 70% of the coal delivered in the 12-month period that ended Oct. 31, 2017, went to coal-fired power plants that […]
Coal / Energy
on January 31, 2018 at 4:48 pm ×
COLUMBUS — “Illinois already has one subsidy plan in place that could benefit from the new PJM proposal. The state’s plan subsidizes nuclear power and is currently being challenged at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. ‘Subsidies are contagious,’ Bowring said. ‘If one subsidy program is permitted to undermine the PJM capacity […]
Energy / Renewable Energy / Solar Energy / Wind Energy
on January 31, 2018 at 4:19 pm ×
Energy execs sound more like wild-eyed hippies every day WASHINGTON, DC — “It is difficult to exaggerate just what a sea change has taken place in the discussion of renewable energy in recent years. Oldsters like me remember when the idea that (unsubsidized) renewable energy would be able to compete […]
Energy / Freeze on Clean Energy / Renewable Energy
on January 29, 2018 at 7:06 pm ×
COLUMBUS — “Some prominent Ohio Republicans are sparring over renewable-energy policy, with each side claiming to represent conservative Ohioans. This started on Jan. 10 when the Ohio Conservative Energy Forum, an advocacy group, published poll results showing that a majority of self-identified Ohio conservatives are in favor of policies that support wind, solar […]
Energy / FirstEnergy
on January 29, 2018 at 6:52 pm ×
OAK HARBOR — “A FirstEnergy Corp. executive confirmed Thursday what many people have feared for months: The utility’s Davis-Besse nuclear plant is headed for a premature closing. The outlook for FirstEnergy’s coal-fired power plants and its other nuclear plants — its twin-reactor Beaver Valley nuclear plant west of Pittsburgh and […]
Energy / FirstEnergy
on January 25, 2018 at 6:45 pm ×
CLEVELAND — “Consumers won’t see $5 reductions in monthly FirstEnergy electric bills as state regulators, the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel and environmental groups had hoped. The Ohio Supreme Court today ruled that FirstEnergy does not have to refund $43.4 million it collected from customers to pay for the most expensive Renewable Energy […]
Coal / Energy
on January 25, 2018 at 6:13 pm ×
BOBTOWN, PA — “When Nic Zmija applied for a job at the 4 West coal mine three years ago, he was tantalized by a fat raise and a secure future. Once hired, he was told that someday even his two young sons had jobs waiting for them. ‘It all sounded […]
Coal
on January 24, 2018 at 6:42 pm ×
Two studies in the past month show significantly fewer health risks for babies after nearby coal plants close NEW YORK, NY — “Babies born near an active coal plant in China had shorter telomeres—sections of DNA that act as caps on the ends of chromosomes—than babies born after the plant […]
Coal / Energy / Renewable Energy / Solar Energy / Wind Energy
on January 24, 2018 at 4:52 pm ×
NEW YORK, NY — “Rapid cost declines made renewable energy the United States’ cheapest available source of new electricity, without subsidies, in 2017. In many parts of the U.S., building new wind is cheaper than running existing coal, while nuclear and natural gas aren’t far behind. As renewable energy costs continue their relentless decline, they […]
Energy / FirstEnergy
on January 23, 2018 at 3:55 pm ×
CLEVELAND – Four high-powered private investor groups have agreed to sink nearly $2.5 billion into FirstEnergy for 18 months in exchange for helping the company shed its money-losing power plants, or get them returned to regulation and protection from competition. FirstEnergy Solutions owns the Davis-Besse, Perry nuclear power plants in […]