FEATURES PRBCUG 2014 PLANT OF THE YEAR 50 Springerville Generating Station Earns PRBCUG 2014 Honors A former POWER Plant of the Year has been recognized this year as the Powder River Basin Coal Users' Group 2014 Plant of the Year award winner for implementing industry best practices, continual improvements, and worker safety. COAL 50 54 Does IGCC Have a Future? Is integrated gasification combined cycle the future of coal or a boondoggle? That depends on whom you ask, but the challenges in making the technology economically viable are large. We review the state of the sector and where things may be going. Sponsored Report-Power British Columbia: Addressing the Old, Pursuing the New Price increases have injected politics into the question of how to generate and distribute power in British Columbia and may propel the province to invest in liquefied natural gas infrastructure. (p. 57) DEPARTMENTS SPEAKING OF POWER 6 We Have Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards. Now What? GLOBAL MONITOR 8 Is China Considering Carbon Targets? 8 The Expanding Wood Pellet Market 9 New Floating Wind Array Planned in Scotland 10 THE BIG PICTURE: Recycling CO2 12 Grid-Scale Iron-Chromium Redox Flow Battery Connected 13 POWER Digest 9 FOCUS ON O&M 14 Latest Electromagnetic Technology Device Improves Inspection Accuracy and Repeatability 16 Is Your Plant Ready for MATS? LEGAL & REGULATORY 20 Nest Thermostats: The Future of Demand Response Programs? By Olivia Para, Davis Wright Tremaine COMMENTARY 68 As Clean Energy Accelerates, a New Era of Choice Is Upon Us By Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense Fund Connect with POWER If you like POWER magazine, follow us online for timely industry news and comments. Become our fan at facebook.com/POWERmagazine Follow us on Twitter @POWERmagazine Join the LinkedIn POWER magazine Group 16 2 www.powermag.com POWER | July 2014http://www.facebook.com/POWERmagazine http://www.powermag.com