Virginia Electric and Power Co. won DOI’s second offshore wind auction with a $1.6 million bid for 112,799 acres off the Virginia coast. The Department of Interior’s (DOI) second federal offshore wind lease sale, held on September 4, 2013, closed at $1.6 million for 112,799 acres approximately 23.5 nautical miles off the Virginia coast. Virginia…
CPUC has proposed policies and mechanisms for its landmark energy storage procurement program that sets a 1,325 MW energy storage mandate. On September 3, 2013, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision detailing policies and mechanisms for its energy storage procurement program established under the 2010 Assembly Bill 2514, the first…
The U.S.-France Joint Statement on Liability for Nuclear Damage calls for adherence to enhanced nuclear liability instruments and supports the formation of a global nuclear liability regime. On August 29, 2013, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Energy, Philippe Martin signed the Joint Statement on Civil Liability for…
The 40+ year-old Vermont Yankee Nuclear plant will shut down by Q4 2014 due to high cost structure and low natural gas and wholesale energy prices. On August 27, 2013, Entergy Corporation announced plans to close and decommission the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vermont in Q4 2014, after the current fuel cycle. Once the plant…
