Read more in HEATMAP here.
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NRC Finishes TerraPower’s Construction Permit Ahead of Schedule
In a welcoming milestone, TerraPower received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a construction permit for its advanced nuclear power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The review, completed ahead of schedule, provides a hopeful signal that the United States is finally turning the corner on one of the biggest barriers to clean energy innovation: an outdated, slow, and unpredictable licensing and permitting system.
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Five Years After Winter Storm Uri, a Texas Co-op Shares Its Lessons Learned
Read more in Power Magazine here.
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Trump to announce electricity ‘rate payer protection pledges’ from Big Tech
Read more in The Hill here.
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How to Accelerate American Science
Over the holidays this winter, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) solicited information on how “to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking discoveries, and ensure that scientific progress and technological innovation benefit all Americans.” Building on work to accelerate and reform the American scientific enterprise, I offered suggestions for how to effectively direct this effort to improve the function, productivity, vitality, and health of American science. It is a welcome attempt to wrest American science from the grip of malaise that characterizes the status quo. Science is viewed as slowing down, productivity decreasing, and requiring more resources, more grants, and more personnel to achieve tremendous breakthroughs.
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Winter storm tests US electric grid as outages spread
Politico reporter Zack Colman writes about how the major winter storm has put stress on the U.S. electric grid as utilities race to keep power on during extreme cold. Read more in Politico here.
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Gasoline-Starved California Is Turning to Fuel From the Bahamas
Read more in Yahoo! Finance here.
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More interregional transmission could save consumers billions: study
Read more in Utility Dive here.