F&L United

04/10/2019

Report: PG&E sanctioned for physical and cybersecurity-related violations

DTE Energy and City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, have also been penalized for violating critical infrastructure protection rules from 2014 to 2016, coinciding with a Russia-based campaign to infiltrate American utility defenses.

04/10/2019

DOE calls for large Puerto Rico gas plant as island targets 100% renewables

A gas generator 1.2 GW or larger would "greatly enhance" reliability and resilience, a senior agency official told lawmakers, but "could be at odds" with Puerto Rico's recently passed 100% renewables goal.

04/10/2019

Study finds staggering su***de rate for construction workers

While Boston enjoys a construction boom, the industry is facing an alarming problem: a staggering su***de rate.

04/10/2019

In Illinois, GCs could be on the hook for subs' unpaid wages

As is the case in California and Maryland, the proposed law would subject prime contractors to potentially paying workers twice.

04/10/2019

Expert: “Confidence” in 2019 Timeline for Russia’s Floating Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

Russia looks set to have a floating small modular reactor online this year.

04/10/2019

Yucca Mountain advocates pursue more nuke waste funds

Yucca Mountain advocates pushed Tuesday to get a House spending panel to double a White House proposal for federal funds to jump start licensing hearings for the proposed nuclear waste storage site...

04/10/2019

Santee Cooper: Westinghouse lawsuit over VC Summer parts is a ‘desperate money grab’

Three days after Westinghouse sued Santee Cooper over the V.C. Summer project’s leftover equipment and parts, Santee Cooper publicly condemned the lawsuit as a “desperate money grab” that would siphon money from S.C. ratepayers.

04/09/2019

Fluor Joint Venture Completes Construction Work on Sasol Project in Louisiana

04/09/2019

Labor Secretary: OSHA jobsite inspections likely to increase

The agency's visits to construction sites will ramp up once new inspectors are fully trained, labor department head Alexander Acosta told a House committee.

04/09/2019

SCANA quietly ended internal investigation into VC Summer during Dominion takeover

Earlier this year, SCANA quietly ended its internal investigation into whether company leaders mismanaged its failed, $9 billion V.C. Summer nuclear construction project, and the findings – if any – likely will never become public.

04/09/2019

DOE Program’s $3.7 Billion Loan Highlights Lack of Action on Other $40 Billion It Holds

The slowness to act comes at a time when the administration and Congress want the United States to remain competitive in energy innovation and when energy companies are said to have a continued interest in accessing the program’s financing.

04/09/2019

Critics Warn Pa. Lawmakers Against Nuke Subsidy Bill

Critics of a bill to subsidize Pennsylvania’s failing nuclear fleet advised state lawmakers to put the brakes on the proposal, saying it would distort the deregulated energy markets.