San Francisco on June 4 hired a financial advisor as it considers buying distribution assets from the beleaguered utility Pacific Gas & Electric, which filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection in January as it faced more than $30 billion in liabilities stemming from 2017 and 2018 wildfires that burned many thousands of acres and destroyed thousands of structures.
A federal judge has rejected the Tennessee Valley Authority’s motion to dismiss a breach of contract claim brought by Nuclear Development LLC, which has an agreement to purchase the partially completed two-unit, 1,260-MW Bellefonte nuclear plant in Alabama.
As Congressional Democrats push new blocks to milcon funds for barriers and President Donald Trump seeks expensive changes, awarded contracts are protested.
Two environmental groups are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate and require the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and list them as hazardous substances under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.
While the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a clean up standard of 70 parts per trillion for some PFAS chemicals, the Environmental Working Group says a safe standard is 1 part per trillion.
