Planning for Texas’ energy future must include drought proofing our energy supply with energy efficiency and renewable energy, not propping up old dirty fossil fuel plants. To that end, we applaud the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT – the Texas electric grid operator) for calling Luminant’s bluff to shut down the aging Monticello coal [...]
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ERCOT says Luminant can shut two Monticello power units
Posted in Air Quality, Energy, tagged electric reliability council of texas, ercot, Luminant, Texas on December 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Public Citizen, Sierra Club and SEED Coalition Fear Luminant Will Simply Run Units Next Summer Without Cleaning Up the Air Emissions
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged air pollution, electric reliability council of texas, Luminant, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Public Citizen, Sierra Club and SEED Coalition are calling on Luminant to come clean and retire, rather than idle, the old dirty coal plant, Monticello 1 and 2. After receiving notice that Luminant Generation Company, LLC, has filed a Notification of Suspension of Operations for Monticello Units 1 and 2 with the Electric Reliability Council [...]
New EPA standards for coal plant emissions already working to clear our skies
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged Coal, energy future holdings, Luminant, United States Environmental Protection Agency on July 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Here’s some great news! With EPA tightening the standards for coal plant emissions, Energy Future Holdings, the parent company of Luminant (formerly TXU) and the major electric power provider for much of North and West Texas, is considering how to respond to new federal clean-air regulations. Yesterday they announced they will mothball 3 coal plants [...]
New Modeling Shows Air Pollution Violations Are Caused by TXU-Luminant Coal Plants
Posted in Global Warming, tagged air pollution, Big Brown, Coal, Luminant, Martin Lake, Monticello, Texas, United States Environmental Protection Agency on July 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Data on Dangerous TXU-Luminant Pollution Underscores Need for Strengthened Environmental Safeguards The Sierra Club released new reports indicating that three large, North East Texas coal-fired power plants owned by Luminant, formerly TXU, are single-handedly causing violations of federal air quality standards. The three East Texas coal plants addressed in the reports — Big Brown, located [...]
Another Texas nuclear plant unit down
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Luminant on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Luminant, operator of the two-unit Comanche Peak nuclear power plant 45 miles southwest of Fort Worth, shut down the facility’s Unit 1 reactor about 7 p.m. Thursday and they were still working earlier today to correct the problem that caused the shutdown. No word yet as to when the unit would be back online. Luminant [...]
Citizens Groups Win Right to a Hearing for Comanche Peak Intervention
Posted in Nuclear, tagged alternative energy, atomic safety and licen, atomic safety and licensing board, bob eye, comanche peak, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Karen Hadden, Luminant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, SEED Coalition, solar, Texas Representative Lon Burnam, true cost of nukes, wind on August 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Citizen opposition to more nuclear reactors at Comanche Peak continues. On August 6th the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel found that Luminant had failed to adequately analyze issues brought by concerned citizens in their Petition to Intervene in the proposed expansion at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. “This is a major victory for [...]
Earth Day Alert: STOP the fast-tracking of water permits for nukes
Posted in Nuclear, tagged dan flynn, ercot, governor perry, house environmental regulation, Luminant, nuclear plant, Nuclear Power, water permit on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HB 2721 threatens to fast-track water permits for nuclear plants, which use vast quantities of water. Water is precious, and Governor Perry has just requested federal aid for all 254 counties in Texas due to statewide drought. Water permits should be given careful scrutiny, and not be rushed. This bill, which will be heard tomorrow [...]
Citizen Filings Oppose Comanche Peak Reactors 3 & 4
Posted in Nuclear, tagged citizen contentions, comanche peak nuclear plant, environmental impact statement, lon burnam, Luminant, NRC, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Citizen, reactor design certification, SEED Coalition, true cost of nukes, TXU on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This week citizens submitted two separate filings to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) opposing Luminant (formerly TXU)’s proposed Comanche Peak nuclear reactors. Petitioners include state Rep. Lon Burnam, the SEED Coalition, Public Citizen and the Ft. Worth based True Cost of Nukes. In the past, NRC has made companies jump through two major hoops before their [...]
Energy Efficiency Stimulates, but Nuclear Pork Fizzles
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, tagged Congress, congressional budget office, economic recovery, Energy Efficiency, house, karnes city, kingsville, Luminant, Nuclear, nuclear loan guarantees, nuclear loans, nuclear waste, obama, Public Citizen, PUC, renewable energy, senate, senate appropriations committee, shovel ready, south texas nuclear plant, stimulus bill, stimulus package, Tom "Smitty" Smith, uranium mining, wall street on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A message from our director, Tom “Smitty” Smith: Today the House and Senate are working to reconcile their different versions of the long-awaited economic stimulus package. The stakes are now higher than ever for Texans, who stand to gain from billions that could go toward developing renewable energy and efficiency in the state, reducing pollution [...]
60 Day Clock For Nuclear Opponents Starts Ticking
Posted in Global Warming, tagged bonnie raitt, comanche peak nuclear plant, comanche peak unit one, graham nash, Karen Hadden, Loan Guarantees, Luminant, Mitasubishi, NRC, nrc federal register, Nuclear, nuclear informationa nd resource service, Nuclear Power, nuclear regulatory comissision, paul winter, Public Citizen, rate hikes, reactor design, SEED Coalition, stimulus bill, Tom "Smitty" Smith, US-APWR on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hey Look! A press release from SEED Coalition and Public Citizen: 60 Day Clock For Nuclear Opponents Starts Ticking; Luminant Moves Forward Toward Expansion of Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant Reactor Design Not Ready for Primetime The Nuclear Regulatory Commission posted notice today on the federal register of Luminant’s application to build two reactors at the [...]
Nuclear Power Too Risky, Too Expensive, Too Dangerous
Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Cyrus Reed, Karen Hadden, Luminant, NRC, Nuclear Power, Public Citizen, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, Tom "Smitty" Smith on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, look! A joint press release from Public Citizen Texas, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, and the SEED Coalition: An NRC Environmental Scoping Meeting will be held on Jan. 6th in Glen Rose, Texas to take comment on the environmental impact study for two nuclear reactors proposed for the existing Comanche Peak [...]
Nuclear Sneak Attack
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Fort Worth Weekly, Glen Rose, Luminant, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuke Free Texas, Scoping Hearing, Somervell County on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an era dubbed a “nuclear renaissance” by the nuclear industry and during which the Bush Administration has pushed one package of subsidies after another, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has indicated that they expect up to thirty applications to be filed to build additional nuclear plants. Currently, five or six of those proposals are [...]
Aww, Shucks!
Posted in Coal, tagged Coal Plants, Dallas Morning News, Editorials, Luminant, Oak Grove, TXU, Waco on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Dallas Morning News wrote a sweet editorial last week lauding Public Citizen’s efforts to require that Luminant abide by stricter mercury emissions standards at the new Oak Grove coal-fired power plant under construction near Waco: When authorities failed to require Luminant, formerly TXU, to abide by stricter federal emissions standards at a coal-fired power [...]
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