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EPA Will Issue Final Carbon Rules for Power Plants in June

May 7, 2019 admin ace rule, Business, carbon regulations, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, courts, Environmental, EPA, Gas, ghgs, heat rate, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, OMB, Technology, Trump

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 13:49:09 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to take final action to repeal the Clean Power Plan in June 2019, a federal court filing shows. The agency told the D.C. Circuit—in a May 6 status report—review of the Obama-era rule that sets the first carbon dioxide limits for existing power plants “continues to be a high […]

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Andrew Wheeler Confirmed as EPA Administrator

February 28, 2019 admin ace, ace rule, Clean Power Plan, Coal, coal power, Environmental, EPA, epa administrator, lamar alexander, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, MATS, news, Senate, Susan Collins

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:25:30 +0000

The Senate on February 28 officially confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a 52–47 vote, mostly along party lines. The nomination of Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, was controversial, with many lawmakers and environmentalists criticizing his ties to the coal industry. Wheeler has held the role in an acting […]

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Clean Air Act Issues Congress Could Grapple With in New Session

January 9, 2019 admin 116th congress, ace, clean air act, Clean Power Plan, Coal, Congress, courts, Environmental, environmental rules, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, MATS, NAAQS, news, nsps

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:48:02 +0000

While the Republican-led U.S. House and Senate in the 115th Congress was mainly focused on reviewing, for modification or repeal, several environmental rules issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the new Democrat majority in the House could focus on a slew of different measures, a new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) suggests. […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: A Power Sector Carbon Decline

October 5, 2018 admin ace rule, carbon emissions, Clean Power Plan, Coal, coal generation, EIA, EPA, Gas, Infographics, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that if states fully implement the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule—which it proposed in August 2018 to replace the 2015 Clean Power Plan—by 2025, U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions could be about 34% below 2005 levels. At the end of 2016, they had fallen 24%, and by the end […]

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EPA Schedules One Hearing on Proposed ACE Rule

September 11, 2018 admin ace, andrew wheeler, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, Environmental, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Obama, Renewables, Trump

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 10 announced it will hold one hearing to get input from the public and stakeholders on its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, the Trump administration’s replacement for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP). The EPA said it has scheduled an all-day hearing October 1 at the Ralph […]

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California Mandates 100% Renewable Energy

September 10, 2018 admin ace rule, Arnold Schwarzenegger, biomass, Business, California, Carbon Capture, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, jerry brown, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, socal edison, Solar, storage, Trump, Wind

California Gov. Jerry Brown on September 10 signed into law a measure requiring the state to produce all its electricity from renewable sources by 2045. It’s a goal that also has been set by Hawaii and is being discussed by other states. Environmental groups and renewable energy advocates immediately praised Brown’s action. Utilities operating in […]

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Several States Urge Federal Court to Rule on Clean Power Plan

September 5, 2018 admin ace rule, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, courts, D.C. Circuit, Environmental, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, oral arguments, Supreme Court, Technology

Seventeen states have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration’s efforts to further delay the court’s decision on legal challenges to the Clean Power Plan. In a filing with the court on September 4, the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, […]

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Coal’s ACE in the Hole? New Rule Still Faces Headwinds

August 28, 2018 admin ace rule, Business, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, emissions, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Trump

The Trump administration has extended a potential lifeline to coal-fired power plants with its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. Now the debate is about how much the plan will actually help coal generation. Energy analysts and other industry experts who spoke with POWER on August 28 say the new rule, which would give individual states the […]

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What Coal Generators Should Know About the EPA’s Proposed ACE Rule

August 21, 2018 admin ace rule, boilers, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, economizers, efficiency, Environmental, EPA, Gas, general, heat rate, Legal & Regulatory, neural networks, news, nsps, nsr, Obama, sootblowing, Trump, turbine overhauls

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule is proposed to replace the 2015 Clean Power Plan—which the Supreme Court stayed in February 2016 and never went into effect. According to the EPA, the replacement is necessary because the Obama-era Clean Power Plan “exceeded the EPA’s authority.” However, like the Clean Power Plan, […]

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UPDATE: Trump Emissions Plan Aims to Boost Coal-Fired Power

August 21, 2018 admin clean air act, Clean Power Plan, Coal, emissions, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, regulations, Renewables, Trump

The Trump administration has proposed an overhaul of U.S. power plant emissions rules, unveiling a plan that would allow individual states to determine how they will regulate pollutants. The proposal, called the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) plan and discussed during the keynote address at the MEGA Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 21, would essentially dissolve […]

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