SPP begins coordinating with states on Clean Power Plan compliance Now that the final Clean Power Plan has been released, states are beginning to formalize plans on how they will — if they will — comply with the mandate. While some states will go it alone, file lawsuits or refuse to develop a plan, officials … Continue reading SPP begins coordinating with states on Clean Power Plan compliance
Alternative to president’s Clean Power Plan Only Rip Van Winkle would have not seen it coming. In his 2014 State of the Union address the president urged Congress to pursue a bipartisan market-based solution to climate change. In response to another year of inaction the president, on Aug. 3 announced the Clean Power Plan aimed … Continue reading Alternative to president’s Clean Power Plan
Study Says Nuclear Industry Collapse Would Devastate CO2 Reduction Goals Early closure of nuclear power plants, which were shunned by the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, would dramatically undermine the plan’s central goal of reducing the country’s carbon footprint, a report from think-tank Third Way concludes. The study, done with help from Massachusetts Institute of … Continue reading Study Says Nuclear Industry Collapse Would Devastate CO2 Reduction Goals
Report: Nuclear retirements could scuttle Clean Power Plan climate goals There are five nuclear plants under construction in the United States right now, and about 104 GW of capacity already online. Those plants will be vital to meeting the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan goals, a new report finds, despite concern from the industry that … Continue reading Report: Nuclear retirements could scuttle Clean Power Plan climate goals
What Does The Clean Power Plan Have In Store? Don’t Count Out Electron Laundering ……Before global warming became a concern, the Pacific Northwest and California traded electricity north and south. California needed more power during the summer to run air conditioners. The Northwest’s extensive hydroelectricity system provided that power. In the winter, when river flows … Continue reading What Does The #Clean_Power_Plan Have In Store? Don’t Count Out #Electron_Laundering
Colorado attorney general to join challenge of Clean Power Plan Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said Saturday she will join a multi-state legal challenge to the Clean Power Plan, a federal rule that will require Colorado to sharply cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. “The rule is an unprecedented attempt to expand the federal … Continue reading #Colorado #attorney_general to join challenge of Clean Power Plan
Fitch: US Nuclear Power Growth Prospects Uncertain NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The recent failure of modular construction to deliver lower prices and shorter timelines will likely keep a cap on U.S. nuclear development into the mid term, Fitch Ratings says. However, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, along with the rise in federally funded nuclear … Continue reading US Nuclear Power Growth Prospects Uncertain
Indiana “will not comply” with new EPA CO2 emission rules Are you fed up with high electric bills? Get used to it. They are about to “necessarily skyrocket” as Barack Obama said if the EPA’s new CO2 emission standards are implemented. And if those standards were fully implemented it would have only a tiny, tiny … Continue reading #Indiana “will not comply” with new EPA CO2 emission rules
How regional compliance can help states meet EPA emissions targets faster and cheaper There are now at least three major transmission system operators with studies showing regional Clean Power Plan (CPP) compliance strategies will be more cost-effective than state-by-state compliances. A new preliminary study from the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) confirms the findings of both … Continue reading How regional compliance can help states meet EPA emissions targets faster and cheaper
I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more wind generation The projected big winner in the Environmental Protection Agency’s pursuit of reduced carbon dioxide emissions by the power sector is wind generation. The EPA’s Clean Power Plan, whose rules were unveiled Monday, is expected to trigger a boom in wind installations that could … Continue reading I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more wind generation
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