Wayne Barber

About the Author

Wayne Barber

Wayne Barber, Chief Analyst for the GenerationHub, has been covering power generation, energy and natural resources issues at national publications for more than 20 years. Prior to joining PennWell he was editor of Generation Markets Week at SNL Financial for nine years. He has also worked as a business journalist at both McGraw-Hill and Financial Times Energy. Wayne also worked as a newspaper reporter for several years. During his career has visited nuclear reactors and coal mines as well as coal and natural gas power plants.

Wayne can be reached at wayneb@pennwell.com.

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  Nine coal miners died in work-related accidents in 2016, a new low

  Wayne Barber 01/04/2017

  While U.S. coal production is declining, so evidently is the number of coal miners who die on the job, according to preliminary figures from the Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

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  Pro-Clean Power Plan states urge Trump not to abandon carbon rule

  Wayne Barber 01/04/2017

  Top legal officials in more than a dozen states have asked President-elect Donald Trump not to abandon the much-debated Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP).

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  CPUC approves utility’s plan for expanded electric vehicle charging

  Wayne Barber 01/03/2017

  The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved an infrastructure plan by PG&E (NYSE:PCG) utility Pacific Gas and Electric to support up to 7,500 electric vehicle charging ports in workplaces, disadvantaged communities, and multi-unit dwellings.

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  AEP’s Cook Unit 2 completes $250m turbine replacement during outage

  Wayne Barber 01/03/2017

  American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) utility Indiana Michigan Power said Jan. 3 that Unit 2 of the D.C. Cook nuclear plant in Bridgman, Michigan had completed an 89-day refueling and maintenance outage.

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  U.S. coal rail shipments down 20.4% during first 25 weeks of 2016

  Wayne Barber 01/03/2017

  The amount of United States rail traffic involving coal was less than 4.03 million carloads during the first 25 weeks of 2016, according to the latest data from the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

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  FERC issues draft EIS for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

  Wayne Barber 01/03/2017

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC project. Comments on the draft EIS must be received in Washington, D.C., on or before April 6. Once the final EIS is issued, the FERC Commissioners will take into...

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  NRC cites Diablo Canyon over emergency core cooling system

  Wayne Barber 01/03/2017

  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has cited the PG&E (NYSE:PCG) Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California with a white finding of low to moderate safety significance for failing to adequately maintain the emergency core cooling system.

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  APS signs power contract with Arlington Valley combined cycle plant

  Wayne Barber 12/30/2016

  Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) utility Arizona Public Service (APS) has signed an agreement with Arlington Valley, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Star West Generation, LLC, to contract for 565 MW of capacity from the Arlington Valley combined cycle power plant beginning June 1, 2020 for a total of six...

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  Arizona commission overhauls rules for net metering, distributed generation

  Wayne Barber 12/30/2016

  The Arizona Corporation Commission voted 4 to 1 on Dec. 21 to restructure how distributed generation is compensated and paid for in Arizona.

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  NEI asks incoming Trump administration to promote nuclear power

  Wayne Barber 12/30/2016

  Despite the Obama administration’s commitment to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the power sector, there have been many nuclear plant retirement announcements in recent years. Now the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), is asking the incoming Trump administration to take steps to both improve the economic prospects of the existing...