Report: MISO boosts coal retirement projections in recent CPP analysis The U.S. Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan has thrown planning processes into chaos, but but the Midwest ISO has gone ahead with a mid-term assessment that shows coal retirements could outstrip previous projections issued just months ago. In December, MISO projected as … Continue reading Report: MISO boosts coal retirement projections in recent CPP analysis→
Introducing the Corporate Front Groups That Helped Win a Supreme Court Stay of Obama’s Clean Power Plan Koch-Tied Groups There’s King Coal and then there’s King Koch. As with many stories involving big corporate interests fighting against environmental regulations, the Kochtopus has spread its tentacles and front groups into the fight against the CPP. Energy … Continue reading Introducing the Corporate Front Groups That Helped Win a Supreme Court Stay of Obama’s Clean Power Plan→
Utilities shrug off court decision, say carbon-cutting plans are on track In a town famous for news leaks, the Supreme Court managed to deliver a genuine surprise when it moved this week to freeze the Obama administration’s signature regulation on climate change, raising doubts about U.S. promises to cut pollution blamed for Earth’s warming. But … Continue reading Utilities shrug off court decision, say carbon-cutting plans are on track→
Radioactive Handouts: the Nuclear Subsidies Buried Inside Obama’s “Clean” Energy Budget You don’t have to be a math wizard to understand the Obama administration’s just announced $4.15 trillion budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year, but it helps. It also helps if you like gerunds, since pretty much every header in the administration’s Budget document … Continue reading Radioactive Handouts: the Nuclear Subsidies Buried Inside Obama’s “Clean” Energy Budget→
Georgia Power hails SCOTUS decision to block enforcement of Clean Power Plan Georgia Power officials are hailing a decision by the Supreme Court to temporarily stay enforcement of the Clean Power Plan promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last fall. Georgia is one of 25 states that filed a legal challenge to the plan … Continue reading #Georgia_Power hails #SCOTUS decision to block enforcement of #Clean_Power_Plan→
MISO PANEL TO LEARN OF CLEAN POWER PLAN COMPLIANCE COST-CUTTING OPTIONS Midcontinent Independent System Operator states would need less capital investment to comply with the Clean Power Plan if they would measure their emissions in tons/year, rather than tons/MWh, according to a report to be presented Wednesday. On Wednesday’s MISO Planning Advisory Committee agenda is … Continue reading MISO PANEL TO LEARN OF CLEAN POWER PLAN COMPLIANCE COST-CUTTING OPTIONS→
What Zuckerberg And Gates Teaming Up Really Means For Clean Energy In 2016 ……Announcing the Breakthrough Energy Coalition The timing was appropriate for the announcement of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition. It occurred on the eve of the COP21 climate change conference in Paris. In a Facebook post announcing the coalition, with his wife Priscilla and … Continue reading What #Zuckerberg And #Gates Teaming Up Really Means For Clean Energy In 2016→
Renewable integration and direction of the US electricity markets The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Clean Power Plan Rule (CPPR) to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants on August 3, 2015. The CPPR requires the current power fleet to cut CO2 emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The final … Continue reading Renewable integration and direction of the US #electricity_markets→
From Keystone to Paris: Top 10 energy stories of 2015 A lot can change in a year. When 2015 got underway, the U.S. solar industry thought the sky was falling. Debating the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline was all the rage. California’s clean energy mandate was just 33 percent, and affordable home batteries were a … Continue reading From Keystone to Paris: Top 10 energy stories of 2015→
MISO: Clean Power Plan costs largely hinge on natural gas prices Natural gas is the biggest variable in how much it will cost MISO to meet new greenhouse gas emissions limits, based on the grid operator’s new modeling. The analysis considered coal retirements from 7 GW to 28 GW, and CO2 costs from $10 to … Continue reading MISO: Clean Power Plan costs largely hinge on natural gas prices→
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