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Posted October 29, 2014Today in Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission resumes license renewals for nuclear power plants ›
Following a two-year hiatus, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has resumed issuing license renewals for nuclear power plants. On October 20, the NRC renewed the operating licenses for Limerick Generating Station Units 1 and 2, located northwest of Philadelphia, extending their license expiration dates by 20 years, to 2044 and 2049, respectively. With this action, the NRC has granted license renewals providing a 20-year extension to a total of 74 of the 100 operating reactors in the United States. More›
Source: EIA, based on U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Data Highlights
WTI crude oil futures price
10/28/2014: $81.42/bbl
down$1.39 from week earlier
down$17.26 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
10/28/2014: $3.649/mmBtu
down$0.062 from week earlier
up$0.080 from year earlier
Retail heating oil price
10/27/2014: $3.453 /gal
down$0.029 from week earlier
down$0.366 from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
10/24/2014: 377.7 mmbbl
up7.1 mmbbl from week earlier
down2.1 mmbbl from year earlier
Weekly coal production
10/18/2014: 18.723 million tons
down0.511 million tons from week earlier
up0.579 million tons from year earlier