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Campaigners launch legal challenge against Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station planning permission

Business Green

Campaigners have launched a legal challenge against the government's decision to grant planning permission to the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk, arguing that development consent has been granted unlawfully. The ExA accepted the arguments in part, and recommended refusal of development consent.

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ComEd Agrees to $200M Fine on Federal Bribery Charge

GreenTechMedia

Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison has agreed to pay a $200 million fine in relation to a federal investigation over bribery charges that have cast a shadow over its policy efforts in the state capital. Under a landmark 2011 state law, ComEd has spent $2.6 ComEd is also struggling to justify its $9.53 Roughly half of its annual $2.2

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Energy Innovation Policy & Technology® and RMI Launch 48 U.S. State EPS Models

Energy Innovation

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

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ComEd Bribery Scandal Clouds Picture for Exelon’s Illinois Nuclear Plants

GreenTechMedia

Exelon may be forced to close its Illinois nuclear plants if state legislation is not passed to bolster their eroding financial prospects. But subsidiary utility Commonwealth Edison’s involvement in a bribery scandal has complicated this and other key policy efforts in its home state.

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Nuclear Waste And The Path Forward

R-Squared Energy

In the previous article , I discussed some of the developments that are taking place to make nuclear power safer, such that a major accident like those at Chernobyl and Fukushima are simply no longer possible. Recycling policies are in place in France, some other European countries, as well as Russia, China, and Japan.

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Fresh U.K. Proposals Chase More Nuclear and Higher Carbon Prices

GreenTechMedia

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. Those ideas now begin their journey into law, offering the energy sector some welcome certainty at the same time. The £12 billion ($16.1

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ComEd’s Favorable Regulatory Treatment for Grid Investments Comes Under Fire

GreenTechMedia

For the past nine years, Chicago-based utility ComEd has earned excessive profits from a regulatory structure set in place by a 2011 state law whose passage has been linked to a bribery scandal that’s embroiled key state lawmakers and ComEd’s former CEO.