Making recommendations on developing policy goals, program design, implementation and assessment.
Includes case studies of policy successes as well as a chapter on policy levers that jurisdictions can use to advance the deployment of smart grid assets such as advanced metering.
Among other historical nuclear standards, EPRI-URD has produced a 2014 technical design standard for small modular light water reactors.
Multiple domestic advanced nuclear technology projects funded by DOE, totaling $195 million.
Highlights industry efforts to deliver substantial cost reductions at existing nuclear plants through improved efficiency and increased reliability.
EPRI conducts a variety of programs studying technical best practices relating the management of aging nuclear equipment, including boiling water reactor vessels, corrosion, materials reliability, steam generator management, and more.
The Federal Railroad Administration has published a report estimating that electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) braking technology would reduce locomotive fuel use 5% to 10%.
CSX railroad and Maryland have sought federal funding to increase the height of a tunnel that has been an impediment to double-stacking. It is believed that the new tunnel would alleviate rail congestion that ripple across the East coast.
Aims to invest billions in critically needed capital improvements to increase the efficiency of the region's rail infrastructure.
In 2012, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted a pilot study assessing the applicability of the On-Road Heavy-Duty Emissions Measurement System (OHMS) to a potential heavy-duty diesel I/M program in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.