The construction, engineering and fabrication issues raised by Christopher Hartz and detailed here by ENR applied to both the Plant Vogtle and V.C. Summer nuclear expansion projects.
As private and public agencies
continue to restore power to the 70% of Puerto Rico that is still without electricity, the island’s government announced it will cancel a $300-million grid-reconstruction contract with Whitefish Energy.
Lawmakers question $300-million contract for a tiny, two-year-old Montana company to mobilize 1,000 workers and restore power lines in mountainous regions of island after Hurricane Maria.
Scott Canada, board member for the Solar Energy Industry Association, says a recent ITC ruling could significantly impact the price of imported photovoltaic solar panels.
With Northern California’s deadly wildfires mostly contained, investigators are moving to preserve evidence in the search for the cause of the blazes. Affected homeowners have filed lawsuits alleging that inadequate power-line maintenance may have played a role.
Though the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission—the agency responsible for approving massive natural-gas pipelines—is making progress clearing a six-month backlog of such projects, he may be hamstrung by procedures put in place by the Obama administration and by at least one fellow commissioner.
As the California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) struggles to contain one of the deadliest fires to hit the West Coast in 100 years, investigators are moving to preserve evidence in the search for the cause of the blazes in the wine-making counties of Sonoma and Napa.