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A bill to add new restrictions on Kentucky electric utilities seeking to retire coal-fired power plants was supported by a collection of rural electric cooperatives, but opposed by two for-profit utility companies that serve most of the state.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority announced last Tuesday that it intends to build a methane gas plant in Kingston, requiring a 122-mile pipeline in six counties between Nashville and Knoxville.
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The Kentucky Senate has approved legislation aimed at developing an energy plan for the Commonwealth. Proponents say it’s about electricity reliability.
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A pair of legislative proposals that aim to lay the groundwork for “Kentucky’s nuclear energy ecosystem” advanced out of a state Senate committee Wednesday.
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A new bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate this week would create a group to support the development of nuclear energy in the state.
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Officials with the U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that a newly completed scanning facility at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant will allow for safer handling and disposal of old processing equipment used in the site’s ceased uranium enrichment operations.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) saw a near-record peak power demand over the weekend as sub-freezing temperatures continued to impact far western Kentucky, western Tennessee and southern Illinois.
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Climate plans are a part of federal grant competition to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions
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Three new natural gas generating units are online at a Tennessee Valley Authority plant in Muhlenberg County. The units are designed to withstand temperature extremes while also edging the federal utility toward its goal of a carbon-neutral future.
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Only .07% of Kentucky’s net utility generation comes from solar energy — one of the lowest rates of solar energy usage in the country. But in a meeting to discuss the potential of the state’s solar production, lawmakers questioned whether the state is moving too fast on solar.
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The Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Project is undergoing a long federal permitting process to store electricity from the grid in the form of water.
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Kentucky lawmakers are taking steps to bring nuclear power to the state, but the process won’t be quick.