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January Poll Insights

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released a report showing that hundreds of U.S. coal power plant sites could be converted to nuclear power plant sites. We asked our audience what percentage they believe the DOE found to be suitable to transition to nuclear?

Overall, 60 percent of coal plant sites received the most votes at 35 percent of the vote. Next 40 and 80 percent of coal plant sites tied for second at 29 percent of the vote, and finally 10 percent of coal plant sites received the least amount of votes at 6 percent.

The correct answer according to the DOE’s report is 80 percent. In the report, the study team identified 157 retired coal plant sites and 237 operating coal plant sites as potential candidates for a coal-to-nuclear transition. Of these sites, the team found that 80 percent are good candidates to host advanced reactors smaller than the gigawatt scale. 

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Industry Updates

A bill that would have opened the door for someone other than Dominion Energy to supply Virginia with the remaining…
New combustion turbines “will only run when needed, meaning they’ll have very low emissions, in line with our long-term carbon…
The virtual power plant pilot would include an opt-in “prosumer tariff” with higher fixed costs and a lower volumetric rate…
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Hawaiian Electric’s $190 million Climate Adaptation Transmission and Distribution Resilience Program……

Certrec News

Certrec Attends USA 2024 Winter Conference

Industry Gathering – On January 22-25, 2024, Certrec attended USA Inc.’s annual Supply Chain Winter Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to a General Session rich in content relevant to attendees, there were meetings of Advanced Remote Monitoring, Site Representative and Supply Chain Management teams as well as roughly 400 individual sessions for supplier value-concept presentations and “speed-dating” meetings between USA member utilities and supplier-partners.

Certrec White Papers

How Power Plants Can Utilize AI and Machine Learning to Reduce Costs and Improve Reliability

The Power of AI – Our white paper highlights the challenges that utilities face while making power plants resilient and sustainable. This white paper also covers how AI and Machine Learning can play a role in mitigating these challenges, and how the partnership between Fischer Block, Inc, and Certrec will prove to be beneficial for the energy industry.

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The Importance of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) in the Energy Sector

NERC CIP – The NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards ensure that the necessary security controls are in place to protect your facility and its cyber systems, thereby, protecting the Bulk Electric System and its users from unwanted interruptions.

Click here to download the full white paper

Upcoming Industry Events

  • Operations, Maintenance & Safety Conference
    February 21-23, 2024 — San Diego, CA, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
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  • DistribuTECH International
    February 27-29, 2024 — Orlando, FL, at the Orange County Convention Center
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  • CLEANPOWER 2024
    May 6-9 — Minneapolis, MN, at the Minneapolis Convention Center
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Upcoming Certrec Academy Training

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    March 19, 2024 — Paid Training
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