FEATUREs HEAlTH & sAFETy 70 HAZCOM Is Essential for Avoiding Explosive situations So many hazardous materials are used in industry today that it may be tempting to take them for granted. However, that dangerous attitude continues to place hazardous communications violations near the top of the list of OSHA citations every year. Only when proper procedures and training lessons have become second nature is it possible to avoid catastrophe when the unexpected occurs-as one historic example demonstrates. 70 76 Proactive strategies for Dealing with Combustible Dust Far too many staff think they can avoid " housekeeping " at work. But if the workplace is a coal plant, neglecting housekeeping could have catastrophic consequences. The director of governmental affairs for the Powder River Basin Coal Users' Group provides a valuable status report on OSHA rules affecting coal dust management as well as general advice on protocols for the safe handling of coal dust. RENEWABlEs 82 New york City Backs Tidal Power A project that was the world's first grid-tied tidal array is preparing to install 30 more turbines in the East River. The hydrokinetic energy not only provides clean power but is an invisible renewable energy technology that, unlike wind turbines in some locales, is being welcomed by its neighbors. BENCHMARKING 76 86 Benchmarking Fossil Plant Performance Measures, Part III: Metrics Used for Compensation Our final article on the latest EUCG benchmarking survey examines how plantand fleet-level metrics are used in determining compensation at fossil-fired power plants. As with so many other plant issues, specific market operating conditions play a role in determining what matters. DEPARTMENTs sPEAKING OF POWER 6 Nuclear sneak Attack GlOBAl MONITOR 82 8 The Battle to stabilize Daiichi 8 China's Five-year Plan Is Heavy on Non-Fossil Generation 10 large-scale Tests Begin to Convert Flue Gas to Usable Water 10 Major Offshore Players Introduce Colossal Wind Turbines 12 China Dam Gets World's First self-Closing Ring Gate Control system 12 Researchers Develop supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Turbines 14 Interest, Funding Buoys Floating solar Power Plants 14 POWER Digest FOCUs ON O&M 16 Preventing Copper Deposition in steam Turbines 20 Predictive Maintenance That Works lEGAl & REGUlATORy 26 Is FERC Backstop siting Authority still Alive? By Brian R. Gish, of counsel in Davis Wright Tremaine's Energy Practice Group 90 NEW PRODUCTs COMMENTARy 8 2 100 solving the Challenges of Growing Energy Demand By Brandon C. Bethards, president and CEO of The Babcock & Wilcox Co. www.powermag.com POWER | May 2011http://www.powermag.com