International | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Reiji Yoshida Japan Times, Tokyo

More than two years into the triple-meltdown crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, workers continue to wage a desperate battle to keep the stricken reactors cool while trying to contain the 400 tons of radioactive water produced by the process each day.

Business & Corporate | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Mary Perez The Sun Herald

Mississippi Power Co. announced Monday that Ed Day, 52, retired as president and CEO, effective immediately, but the head of the Public Service Commission said his agency is responsible for Day's departure.

International | VANCOUVER, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire

Alterra Power Corp. (TSX: AXY) announces the completion of a joint venture agreement with Energy Development Corporation (EDC) for the development of Alterra's Mariposa geothermal project in Chile plus three geothermal concessions held by Alterra in Peru.

Fossil & Biomass | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Allie Robinson Bristol Herald Courier, Va.

Coal has a bright future, but industry leaders must push hard to get there. That was the message Monday morning during the first session of the Eastern Coal Council's annual conference, held in Kingsport.

Policy, Regulatory & Legal | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Joel Landau The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.

A local legislator is changing his approach to ensuring that owners of alternative-fuel vehicles fairly contribute to maintaining state bridges and roads.

Grid Operations | CHICAGO, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire

ComEd announced that work related to the Smart Grid program created nearly 2,700 full-time equivalent jobs in the first quarter of 2013.

Business & Corporate | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John McDermott The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

Santee Cooper locked down a 45-year sales agreement Monday with its biggest customer, a buyer that previously moved some of its power business to another supplier.

Policy, Regulatory & Legal | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Dan Gearino The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio

The "green" energy provisions of a 2008 state energy law have saved consumers $170 million, according to Ohio State University findings that run counter to the argument that the law's requirements have contributed to an increase in bills.

Wind | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Annette Cary Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.)

Wind energy could be stored underground among volcanic rock formations in two places in Eastern Washington, making the seasonal and intermittent power that wind generates more practical, according to a new study.

Policy, Regulatory & Legal | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tux Turkel Portland Press Herald, Maine

One of the lead contractors on Central Maine Power Co.'s massive transmission line upgrade has gone to court seeking at least $43 million from the utility for what it says are work changes that cost extra time and money.

Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Mgmt | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Paul Monies The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City

Calling it an "Oklahoma solution" that uses state-produced energy resources, representatives of Tulsa-based utility Public Service Co. of Oklahoma urged environmental officials Monday to approve a plan that phases out its last two coal units at a power plant near Oologah by 2026.

Nuclear | May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Michael Ulmer

The possible storage of spent nuclear fuel at Savannah River Site was left on the table Monday by the SRS Citizens Advisory Board, a group designed to offer advice to the Department of Energy, which owns SRS.

Future & Alternative Generation | May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Ann Bryant Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine

When Ben Pratt said a geothermal project at the University of Maine at Farmington would begin the day after graduation, he meant it.

Fossil & Biomass | JACKSON, Miss. (The Associated Press) - May 20 - JEFF AMY

Ed Day said his main job as president of Mississippi Power Co. was to successfully complete the company's Kemper County power plant.

Fossil & Biomass | May 20 - Buffalo News (NY)

The $506 million project to convert the coal-fired power plant in Dunkirk to less-expensive natural gas would increase electricity delivery rates by a range of 3 to nearly 10 percent and cost upstate consumers far more than a less expensive alternative to upgrade the power transmission network across Western New York, according to a report released Monday by National Grid.