Spark Energy, Inc. announced Monday that it will be forming a new purchase and sale relationship with Entrust Energy, Inc. for the acquisition of approximately 33,500 customer contracts in the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) natural gas market in Northern California. Read More »

More than 50 employees honored for technical creativity and customer-focused improvements. Read More »

Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant's Unit 2 was restored to full power on Sunday after a planned refueling outage began on Feb. 16. Technicians replaced nearly a third of the reactor’s fuel and performed thousands of inspections and preventive-maintenance tasks to keep the unit running safely and effectively for another two years. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently reported that there were fewer safety and security incidents at U.S. nuclear power plants that prompted investigations in 2014. Records indicate that the NRC responded to nine “near-misses” in 2014, compared with 10 in 2013 and 14 in 2012. Read More »

Report aimed at regulators of changing marketplace. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) has teamed up with Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Dan Coats (R-IN) and Chris Coons (D-DE) to introduce legislation on Thursday that gives federal agencies greater ability to reduce energy use and save taxpayer dollars. Read More »

A University of Strathclyde researcher has discovered a system for using sound waves to spot potentially dangerous cracks in pipes, aircraft engines and nuclear power plants, a study report published Thursday said. Read More »

Completing the licensing process for construction of the Yucca Mountain used-fuel repository would require an estimated $330 million from Congress, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Stephen Burns said while appearing recently before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development hearing. Read More »

POWER Engineers, a global engineering consulting firm specializing in the delivery of integrated solutions in various industries, has achieved integration between Schneider Electric’s Responder system and a mapping-application suite devised by Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) in Minnesota, POWER said on Tuesday. Read More »

Not every team of outage workers can boast about being “a well-starched crew,” but that’s exactly how Monaca Comfort Suites general manager Carol Portis describes her occasional guests, thanks to her above-and-beyond services for outage workers who travel to the Pennsylvania town. Read More »

Lightbridge Corporation President and CEO Seth Grae recently told investors and equity analysts at the 27th annual ROTH Capital Partners conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif. that Lightbridge's patented, metallic fuel technology can help global nuclear utilities achieve improved operating economics. Read More »

ESIC bill would require federal government to drastically slash energy use. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has re-confirmed the safety standards of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Read More »

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (ME2C) in Ohio recently added Chris Lee to its board of directors. Read More »

Executive staff from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have welcomed Dr. Steven Ashby as the lab’s new Director. Read More »

Fortune magazine ranked Dominion No. 1 under electric and gas utilities in its annual "Most Admired" companies survey, Dominion said on Tuesday. "We are pleased to receive this honor on behalf of our customers, communities, employees and shareholders," Thomas Farrell, Dominion's chairman, president and CEO, said. Read More »

Byron Generating Station, part of Exelon Corporation, brought its Unit 1 nuclear reactor back to full operational power on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:50 p.m. CDT, following personnel repairs to the plant’s main power transformer. Read More »

The Senate approved two nuclear education procedural measures last week that aim to attract greater economic development within Washington State along with the associated industry jobs. Read More »

Assistant nuclear engineering professor at UT’s College of Engineering Mike Lang, along with a team of university researchers, have been studying the properties and performance of nuclear energy production materials and their response to highly ionizing radiation. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced its renewal of the Callaway nuclear power plant’s operational licensing for an additional 20 years. Read More »