Gas Archives https://www.powermag.com/category/gas/ 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, 09 Dec 2025 15:53:49 +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 Gas Archives https://www.powermag.com/category/gas/ 32 32 The POWER Interview: Data Collection Optimizing Gas Delivery, Safety https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-data-collection-optimizing-gas-delivery-safety/ https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-data-collection-optimizing-gas-delivery-safety/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:20:36 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=246230 Utilities that provide natural gas to customers are investing in smart technologies to modernize their infrastructure. These measures are leading to better efficiency in gas delivery, while also enhancing safety measures along their delivery networks.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-data-collection-optimizing-gas-delivery-safety/feed/ 0 Idaho Utility Celebrates 125 Years, Brings New Peaker Plant Online https://www.powermag.com/idaho-utility-celebrates-125-years-brings-new-peaker-plant-online/ https://www.powermag.com/idaho-utility-celebrates-125-years-brings-new-peaker-plant-online/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:59:18 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=246104 Idaho Falls Power celebrated the formal launch of a new natural gas-fired peaking generation plant on December 4, calling the occasion a “major milestone” in its 125-year history.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/idaho-utility-celebrates-125-years-brings-new-peaker-plant-online/feed/ 0 Data Centers and the Grid: Key Insights from POWER’s Inaugural Data Center POWER eXchange Summit https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/ https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:59:27 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245428 POWER breaks down the top insights from Data Center POWER eXchange, its unique one-day summit curated by POWER’s editorial team and convened to examine the collision between accelerating data center load and tightening grid constraints.  The rise of artificial intelligence is poised to create the fastest, largest, and most concentrated surge of electricity demand in […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/feed/ 0 Winter Reliability Concerns Spur Fresh DOE Intervention for PJM, MISO https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/ https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:11:53 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245668 The Department of Energy (DOE) extended its run of federal grid interventions into winter over the past week, issuing a Section 202(c) emergency order on Nov. 18 for Consumers Energy’s 1,420-MW J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan and another on Nov. 25 for Constellation’s 760-MW Eddystone Units 3 and 4 in southeastern Pennsylvania in a […]

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Eddystone Generating Station, located just south of Philadelphia on the Delaware River, is a six-unit, 820-MW facility owned and operated by Constellation Energy. Units 3 and 4—commissioned between 1967 and 1970—are dual-fuel steam turbine units capable of burning natural gas or oil, providing critical flexibility during fuel supply or pricing disruptions. Courtesy: Constellation Energy

]]> https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/feed/ 0 NRG Energy Will Build New 455-MW Gas-Fired Plant Near Houston https://www.powermag.com/nrg-energy-will-build-new-455-mw-gas-fired-plant-near-houston/ https://www.powermag.com/nrg-energy-will-build-new-455-mw-gas-fired-plant-near-houston/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:20:29 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245416 NRG Energy is the latest Texas-based utility to receive a loan agreement from the Texas Energy Fund (TxEF). The company plans to use the funding to support construction of a 455-MW natural gas-fired station at the site of the group’s current Greens Bayou Generating Station in Harris County, near Houston.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/nrg-energy-will-build-new-455-mw-gas-fired-plant-near-houston/feed/ 0 The POWER Interview: Ensuring Successful Power Plant Decommissioning https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-ensuring-successful-power-plant-decommissioning/ https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-ensuring-successful-power-plant-decommissioning/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:36:46 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245348 Keith Kotimko is the U.S. Decommissioning and Demolition Leader for WSP, a full-service solution provider that offers comprehensive facility decommissioning and demolition services. Kotimko provided POWER with insight into the process of permanently shutting down a power generation facility. He emphasized that decommissioning is a separate activity from demolition.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-ensuring-successful-power-plant-decommissioning/feed/ 0 Research Group: U.S. Exits Coal by 2040 as Solar, Nuclear, Natural Gas Surge https://www.powermag.com/research-group-u-s-exits-coal-by-2040-as-solar-nuclear-natural-gas-surge/ https://www.powermag.com/research-group-u-s-exits-coal-by-2040-as-solar-nuclear-natural-gas-surge/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:45:34 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245197 An energy research group said U.S. power generation capacity will be led by solar power in the short term, natural gas in the mid term, and nuclear power in the long term as coal-fired units continue to be retired.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/research-group-u-s-exits-coal-by-2040-as-solar-nuclear-natural-gas-surge/feed/ 0 FERC Approves NRG Energy Plan to Buy 12.9 GW of Gas-Fired Generation https://www.powermag.com/ferc-approves-nrg-energy-plan-to-buy-12-9-gw-of-gas-fired-generation/ https://www.powermag.com/ferc-approves-nrg-energy-plan-to-buy-12-9-gw-of-gas-fired-generation/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:22:40 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245152 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has signed off on NRG Energy’s plan to acquire nearly 13 GW of natural gas-fired power generation. The agency on November 13 said it supports Houston, Texas-based NRG’s $12-billion deal with New York-based LS Power for capacity in the PJM market territory.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/ferc-approves-nrg-energy-plan-to-buy-12-9-gw-of-gas-fired-generation/feed/ 0 Blackstone Investing $1.2 Billion for 600-MW Gas-Fired Plant in West Virginia https://www.powermag.com/blackstone-investing-1-2-billion-for-600-mw-gas-fired-plant-in-west-virginia/ https://www.powermag.com/blackstone-investing-1-2-billion-for-600-mw-gas-fired-plant-in-west-virginia/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:50:06 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245145 Global investment group and asset manager Blackstone said it will support construction of a 600-MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in West Virginia. The Wolf Summit Energy facility, which will feature GE Vernova equipment, is affiliated with Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, which serves about 1.5 million customers across three states.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blackstone-investing-1-2-billion-for-600-mw-gas-fired-plant-in-west-virginia/feed/ 0 Entergy Ends Plan for Floating Methane Gas Power Plant in Louisiana https://www.powermag.com/entergy-ends-plan-for-floating-methane-gas-power-plant-in-louisiana/ https://www.powermag.com/entergy-ends-plan-for-floating-methane-gas-power-plant-in-louisiana/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:36:35 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245036 Opponents of a planned methane gas power plant on a floating barge off the coast of Louisiana were successful in moving Entergy Louisiana to cancel the project. Earthjustice in a news release sent to POWER said the group represented the Alliance for Affordable Energy in opposition to the proposed 112-MW Bayou Power Station.

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