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B&W mPower cover story about lack of interest is bogus

ByRod Adams

…formance in the past four years has been spectacular. McDermott Int. stock price 2010-2014 It wasn’t stock price weakness that painted a bullseye on B&W for Wall Street. The Street article goes on to provide more clues on the real target for the four big funds that have so far accumulated nearly 25% of the company and greatly influenced its long term decision-making process. Here is the list of funds involved: Janus Capital Management – 6.2% of B&…

Cost of Money for Nuclear Projects – Effect of $880 Million Financing Fee – 30% Increase in Electrical Power Price

ByRod Adams

…d be zero; I am trying to illustrate the effect of the proposed fee on the price of electricity. Since Constellation Energy is not a regulated monopoly utility with a guaranteed customer base, the sales price of electricity cannot be fixed to provide a given rate of return. The company would have to compete in the open market to sell its product at whatever the going rate would be. Like other companies that sell their products in unregulated marke…

Another blogger for nuclear energy – The Actinide Age

ByRod Adams

…fficient” (your quote from Engineer-Poet)? … and elaborating my views on Price Anderson … Yes, we both agree that Price-Anderson is a good idea. I got it. You can let it drop now. Like I said earlier, welcome aboard! EL What is inaccurate about, “Because Price-Anderson makes the plant owner’s insurance pay first, and then the entire industry’s insurance if that’s insufficient” (your quote from Engineer-Poet)? @Brian Mays A great deal. I though…

Greenpeace recommends following the energy investment lead of Warren Buffett. That would lead to burning more coal.

ByRod Adams

…e notoriously inefficient at hauling heavy cargoes, especially when diesel prices are as high as they are today.The main threat to the ability of a coal hauling railroad to raise its prices without “holding a prayer session” is the possibility that the utility customers that pay those freight rates will choose to produce their electrical output using a different kind of fuel that can be transported using a different mode of transportation. It only…

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Letter from the Editor: Economics of Electrical Energy

ByRod Adams

…he large nuclear plants that were under construction suddenly increased in price because of escalating component prices, higher costs of borrowed capital, and the need for redesign in the middle of construction. Utilities also realized that they did not need as much generating capacity as they had planned. To protect fossil fuel dependent utilities from severe financial distress in a time of great uncertainty, most state regulatory boards establis…

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