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In November of 2020, MDN told you about a deal Talen Energy cut with the odious Sierra Club, signing a pledge to convert several coal-fired power plants to use natural gas in both Maryland and Pennsylvania (see Talen Energy Dumping Coal, Converting Elec Plants to Gas in PA, MD). The Clubbers promised to stop suing
Last December, Rice Acquisition Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) started by the Rice brothers (Danny, Toby, and Derek), announced a deal to acquire NET Power--an electric power developer with revolutionary new technology to capture every last molecule of carbon dioxide from natural gas-fired power plants (see Dan Rice Buys Co. that Builds
WASHINGTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved an emergency planning rule for small, advanced nuclear reactors — a step stakeholders say was needed to foster the
Last December, PPL Corporation subsidiaries Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) announced a plan to replace 1,500 megawatts of aging coal-fired generation (nearly one-third of Kentucky’s coal fleet!) with two 621-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle units along with several unreliable, intermittent solar projects (see PPL Replacing Coal-Fired Power Plants with NatGas
Dominion Energy, a huge utility company and power generator headquartered in Virginia, recently dusted off its plan to build the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center in the James River Industrial Center (see Dominion Plans to Build 1,000-MW Gas Peaker Plant Near Richmond, VA). The project includes building four 250-megawatt gas-fired power plants (1,000 MW total) that