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NextEra president addresses Duane Arnold nuclear plant’s potential restart

NextEra Energy chairman, president and chief executive officer John Ketchum said this week the company is “very interested” in re-commissioning and restarting the former...
Workers perform maintenance at the Duane Arnold Energy Center after the plant was shut down for refueling.

Editorial: Study reveals Duane Arnold Energy Center could be restarted

There’s a glimmer of hope to correct the region’s biggest economic blunder in a generation: the shutting down of the Duane Arnold Energy Center...

Illinois’ important pro-growth legislation

We have been critical of many of Illinois’ legislative policies which negatively impact business and industry, particularly when compared to Iowa’s pro-growth legislative record. There...

Editorial: Duane Arnold saga continues

Nothing is simple or easy when it comes to utilities’ energy decisions. Utility executives have to manage energy generation decisions with complex political, environmental and...

Editorial: Missing nuclear power in Iowa 

It is noteworthy to point out that Germany and California are now desperately trying to keep their remaining nuclear power plants from going offline...
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Transamerica eliminates 40 more jobs in Iowa

Transamerica Life Insurance is laying off 40 employees in Iowa, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) filing on June 17. The...
Members of the Linn County Technical Review Committee discuss details of the Duane Arnold Solar projects with NextEra Energy representatives during a committee meeting Thursday, May 19, 2022 at the Jean Oxley Administrative Office Building in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Linn County official asks NextEra to consider raising Duane Arnold Solar panel heights

Most of Thursday’s Technical Review Committee meeting to review NextEra Energy Resource’s rezoning applications for two industrial-scale solar energy projects near Palo covered detailed...
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First public meeting set May 19 to review Duane Arnold Solar proposals

The first public meeting to review the Duane Arnold Solar utility-scale solar application has been set. Linn County officials announced Thursday that the county’s Technical...

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