Kristi E. Swartz
E&E News
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Big coal states eye small nuclear reactors for grid, economy
The push comes as aging fossil plants have closed or faced economic pressure. → Read More
Duke Energy plans to exit all coal, double renewables
The company will shutter 11 remaining coal-fueled plants. → Read More
N.C. governor launches climate plan with ambitious EJ goals
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, in a sweeping executive order, expanded his administration's clean energy and climate agenda last week by → Read More
Can U.S. phase out natural gas? Lessons from the Southeast
Recent moves by Southeastern utilities on natural gas illustrate the challenge facing U.S. regions as they aim to decarbonize. → Read More
The Kemper project just collapsed. What it signifies for CCS
Half of a multibillion-dollar power plant that was supposed to gasify lignite coal and store most of its carbon emissions in Mississippi recently turned into a pile of debris. → Read More
CAMPAIGN 2021: Utility regulator hands GOP only win in Georgia runoffs
ATLANTA — Veteran utility regulator Lauren "Bubba" McDonald (R) has won a fourth term to the Georgia Public Service Commission, narrowly beating his Democratic challenger and keeping all five seats under GOP control. → Read More
PANDEMIC: Coronavirus and electricity: 3 issues to watch
The novel coronavirus' shutdown of American life is disrupting the electricity sector and threatening energy projects as state regulators, power companies and customers scramble to cope with layoffs and an inability to gather in large groups. → Read More
Battery production goes big in the Southeast
COMMERCE, Ga. — We got a sneak peek today at a much-hyped electric vehicle battery plant. → Read More
What surprised us at the Nissan factory
SMYRNA, Tenn. — This small town outside Nashville is home to Nissan's busiest auto manufacturing plant in North America. The Smyrna plant churns out 2,500 vehicles each day, or roughly 640,000 vehicles a year. → Read More
COAL: TVA to close plants despite Trump's tweet
The Tennessee Valley Authority board voted to shutter two coal-fired power plants despite pressure from President Trump to do otherwise. → Read More
POLITICS: How TVA's coal quandary became a Trump tweet
Kentucky politicians and industry interests have turned a hometown power plant into a proving ground for President Trump's campaign promise to save coal. → Read More
HURRICANE FLORENCE: Coal ash breach comes as rain pounds Carolinas
Electric companies continued to restore power across the Carolinas yesterday as remnants of Hurricane Florence dumped more rain in the area. The storm's diminished winds likely spared much of the power grid, but heavy rains are behind a collapse at a Duke Energy coal ash disposal site. → Read More
EXTREME WEATHER: Utilities mobilize for 'catastrophic' damage from Florence
Across the southeastern United States, masses of residents fled the approach of Hurricane Florence yesterday, with officials in a half-dozen states echoing the warning of National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham: "It's a catastrophic event." → Read More
EPA: Utilities are decarbonizing. Will Trump rule change that?
When the Trump administration formally makes public its replacement for the Clean Power Plan today, it will be unclear what effect, if any, the plan will have on the trend away from coal-fired power plants. → Read More
CAMPAIGN 2018: 4 gubernatorial races where offshore drilling matters
Gubernatorial candidates in four key East Coast primaries are asking the Trump administration to let go of its dreams of drilling for oil and gas off their states' coasts. → Read More
GRID: For utilities, buried lines no 'panacea' to avoid outages
Varying levels of damage from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma show there's no silver bullet to prepare for severe weather and its toll on electric infrastructure. → Read More
HURRICANE IRMA: Fla.'s hardened grid took a beating, and outages could last
ATLANTA — Hurricane Irma started its long, slow move out of Florida yesterday, spreading across much of the Southeast and leaving more than 8 million people without power. → Read More
HURRICANE IRMA: Millions in South Fla. could be in the dark for days
Hurricane Irma cut off electricity to millions of Floridians yesterday as high winds and heavy rains pummeled the state for hours. → Read More
NUCLEAR: Southern Co. decides to press ahead with Vogtle expansion
ATLANTA — Southern Co. and other utilities building the Vogtle nuclear expansion project in Georgia are prepared to finish the reactors but will lay out a set of assurances that must be met in a filing with state utility regulators tomorrow, E&E News has learned. → Read More
NUCLEAR: Vogtle owner asks DOE for $1.6B more to finish project
Oglethorpe Power Corp., the second-largest partner in Georgia Power's nuclear expansion project, has asked the Department of Energy for as much as $1.6 billion in additional support to help finish the reactors, utility executives said yesterday. → Read More