Bill to Protect Delaware Electric Customers from Financial Impact of Data Centers Released from House Committee

Legislation that would prevent residential, small business and other electric customers from footing the bill for energy costs from large energy-use facilities from has been released from the House Natural Resources & Energy Committee. House Bill 233, sponsored by Representative Frank Burns and Senator Stephanie Hansen, would require Public Service Commission-regulated utilities like Delmarva Power…

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Indian River Power Plant Decommissioning May Be Delayed

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The planned decommissioning of the Indian River power plant next spring may be delayed. NRG announced plans in June to deactivate the coal-fired plant and several others in other parts of the country. This week, PJM Interconnection, operator of the power grid, said it has an established process to review generator retirement requests and determine…

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Days Are Numbered For Indian River Power Plant

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The coal-fired Indian River Power Plant will be put out of service next year. NRG Energy made the announcement during an investor day presentation Thursday. The decision was made to retire several plants following the recent PJM Interconnection capacity auction. In a statement, NRG said closing the plants was a difficult but necessary decision in…

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