finance Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/finance/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:38:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg finance Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/finance/ 32 32 Transforming Energy Finance Through AI-Driven Processes https://www.powermag.com/transforming-energy-finance-through-ai-driven-processes/ https://www.powermag.com/transforming-energy-finance-through-ai-driven-processes/#respond Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:27:55 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=239392 The power and utility sector underpins every part of modern life, from residential comfort to industrial productivity. Yet, as the global energy landscape evolves, so must the internal operations that keep these organizations running. COMMENTARY With total U.S. power use expected to reach around 4,189 billion kWh in 2025, and 4,278 billion kWh in 2026, […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/transforming-energy-finance-through-ai-driven-processes/feed/ 0 How Advanced Data Science Drives Value to Capital Programs https://www.powermag.com/blog/how-advanced-data-science-drives-value-to-capital-programs/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/how-advanced-data-science-drives-value-to-capital-programs/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:39:29 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=blog&p=233144 As businesses wait for artificial intelligence to mature, there is an opportunity to start implementing the data and functionality that is readily available now. Planning and delivering a complex, multi-billion dollar capital project creates a trove of actionable data and insights, if teams are able to manipulate the data to reveal these insights. The detail […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blog/how-advanced-data-science-drives-value-to-capital-programs/feed/ 0 DOE’s Loan Programs Office Offers Game-Changing Possibilities https://www.powermag.com/does-loan-programs-office-offers-game-changing-possibilities/ https://www.powermag.com/does-loan-programs-office-offers-game-changing-possibilities/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:59:19 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=232234 As the presidential inauguration loomed on the horizon in January this year, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) published a “year-in-review” article, highlighting accomplishments from 2024 and looking ahead to the future. It noted that the previous four years had been the most productive in the LPO’s history. “Under the Biden-Harris […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/does-loan-programs-office-offers-game-changing-possibilities/feed/ 0 Financing the Nuclear Renaissance https://www.powermag.com/financing-the-nuclear-renaissance/ https://www.powermag.com/financing-the-nuclear-renaissance/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:57:59 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=225389 At the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last December, 25 countries underlined the role of nuclear energy in their climate strategies by issuing a

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/financing-the-nuclear-renaissance/feed/ 0 How to Stay in the Renewables Stone Age https://www.powermag.com/how-to-stay-in-the-renewables-stone-age/ https://www.powermag.com/how-to-stay-in-the-renewables-stone-age/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:14:58 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=221120 In approving the development of a 2,800-acre wind farm across prime agricultural land in the east of England, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, has confirmed what those who understand renewable market dynamics have known all along: That the UK’s energy transition policymaking has been flawed and riven […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/how-to-stay-in-the-renewables-stone-age/feed/ 0 UK Picks Wylfa in Wales as Preferred Site for New ‘Mega’ Nuclear Project https://www.powermag.com/uk-picks-wylfa-in-wales-as-preferred-site-for-new-mega-nuclear-project/ https://www.powermag.com/uk-picks-wylfa-in-wales-as-preferred-site-for-new-mega-nuclear-project/#respond Thu, 23 May 2024 20:34:14 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=219463 The UK government has picked Wylfa in Anglesey, North Wales, as its preferred site for the country’s third large-scale nuclear power plant after Hinkley C in Somerset and Sizewell C in Suffolk. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ ) on May 22 unveiled the site as its “first choice” for the project […]

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The UK’s Jan. 11, 2024–released nuclear roadmap proposes a new approach to siting of new nuclear after 2025. Of its eight nuclear sites, only two sites in the country—Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C—have been granted development consent. “This does not leave enough viable sites to meet our nuclear ambitions, and new generations of nuclear technology (SMR and AMR) are likely to be deployed more fexibly. In practice, we need all the possible nuclear sites to be used for nuclear, in order to meet our power needs,” the roadmap says. Source: UK government

]]> https://www.powermag.com/uk-picks-wylfa-in-wales-as-preferred-site-for-new-mega-nuclear-project/feed/ 0 Planning for ‘Flip Dates’ in Tax Equity Partnerships https://www.powermag.com/planning-for-flip-dates-in-tax-equity-partnerships/ https://www.powermag.com/planning-for-flip-dates-in-tax-equity-partnerships/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:44:23 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=218729 The U.S. government offers certain benefits to renewable energy projects, primarily in the form of tax credits and depreciation. But the reality is that a growing number of tax-equity partnerships are reaching the end of their lifespan, and the sponsors and tax-equity investors in these projects need to be preparing for the future. In fact, […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/planning-for-flip-dates-in-tax-equity-partnerships/feed/ 0 NRG Energy Replaces CEO in Activist Investor–Influenced Shuffle https://www.powermag.com/nrg-energy-replaces-ceo-in-activist-investor-influenced-shuffle/ https://www.powermag.com/nrg-energy-replaces-ceo-in-activist-investor-influenced-shuffle/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2023 21:34:04 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=211645 NRG Energy has appointed the chair of its board of directors, Dr. Lawrence Coben, as its interim president and CEO and appointed four new independent directors to its board, signaling a major leadership reshuffle partly influenced by activist investor firm Elliott Investment Management. The Houston-headquartered energy giant on Nov. 20 said Mauricio Gutierrez, NRG’s long-time and […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/nrg-energy-replaces-ceo-in-activist-investor-influenced-shuffle/feed/ 0 FERC Adopts ‘Historic’ Reforms to Ease Nationwide Generation Interconnection Backlog https://www.powermag.com/ferc-adopts-historic-reforms-to-ease-nationwide-generation-interconnection-backlog/ https://www.powermag.com/ferc-adopts-historic-reforms-to-ease-nationwide-generation-interconnection-backlog/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:41:26 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=200409 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved key transmission reforms aimed at clearing a staggering backlog of more than 10,000 generation and storage projects—more than 2,000 GW—stalled in interconnection queues across the country. Order 2023, a final rule unanimously adopted by FERC’s four commissioners at a July 27 open meeting and posted in full […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/ferc-adopts-historic-reforms-to-ease-nationwide-generation-interconnection-backlog/feed/ 0 Clean Energy Transition Continues Despite Reliability, Supply Chain, and Financial Uncertainty https://www.powermag.com/clean-energy-transition-continues-despite-reliability-supply-chain-and-financial-uncertainty/ https://www.powermag.com/clean-energy-transition-continues-despite-reliability-supply-chain-and-financial-uncertainty/#respond Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:12:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=195729 Although there is a risk of energy shortfalls in parts of the U.S. if extreme summer temperatures materialize, there is no stopping the clean energy transition that is sweeping the nation. Energy storage

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