UTILITY E-ALERT

#1070 – April 13, 2012

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COAL – US

• B&W PGG  to supply SCR for Pawnee
• Power4Georgians will further reduce Mercury at Plant Washington
• Otter Tail Power asks PUC for Rate Increase for Emission Control Equipment
• Lawsuit filed to force EPA to Complete Coal Ash Rule
• New Challenge to CSAPR
• Alstom to supply NID FGD System to 2 x 660 MW Homer City 1, 2

COAL – WORLD

• Hitachi to supply Boilers to Meja, Raghunathpur and Solapur Projects in India
• SNC-Lavalin to build 200 MW Concepcion in the Philippines
• Grid-impact Studies on 3000 MW of Power Projects in the Philippines
• 1600 MW Uppur Power Project in Tamil Nadu, India could be Delayed
• Neyveli Lignite has approval to build 1980 MW Ghatampur, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Anglo American Platinum to build 450 MW Power Plant in South Africa
• Chile’s Endesa resumes 740 MW Punta Alcalde Project

GAS / OIL – US

• Plans to switch Big Cajun I Power Plant from Natural Gas- to Coal-firing Cancelled
• EPA Permit granted for 400 MW Pioneer Valley Combined Cycle Power Plant
• ND PSC OKs 88 MW Heskett Expansion
• MD PSC OKs 640 MW Charles County Power Plant
• CA Energy Commission Committee recommends approval of Carlsbad Energy Center Project

GAS / OIL – WORLD

• Gas-fired Power Plant gets Approval in Tarrone, Australia
• Two 500 MW LNG-fired Power Projects in Tamil Nadu, India
• E.ON reconsidering Closure of 1100 MW of Power Plants in France
• Caterpillar awarded Contract for Power Plant on Island of St. Pierre
• Abengoa to engineer/construct 450 MW Stalowa Wola Cogen Plant in Poland

• Fortum to participate in Two Power Plant Enlargement Projects in Russia

BIOMASS

• Dong Energy to decide on conversion of 1,000 MW to Biomass-firing

NUCLEAR

• Finishing Watts Bar will take Three More Years and up to $2 Billion in Added Costs
• Bulgaria to go ahead with Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant
• PPL continuing Permitting Process for Bell Bend Addition
• Rosatom could develop Nuclear Power Plant in the UK

BUSINESS

• Southern to test Advanced Ultrasupercritical Boiler Materials at Barry

• Iran to make Indigenous Gas Turbines

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