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Group: EPA’s Coordinated Regulatory Assault on Coal Power Could Push Retirements Beyond 86 GW by 2030

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:30:38 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is readying a regulatory sweep targeting more stringent limits on traditional pollutants that could accelerate coal power plant closures. A coal generation trade group estimates that even without new rules, an estimated 86 GW of coal generation is slated to retire by 2030. While the Supreme Court in June curtailed […]

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Group: EPA’s Coordinated Regulatory Assault on Coal Power Could Push Retirements Beyond 86 GW by 2030

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:30:38 +0000

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Vogtle 3 Gets NRC’s Approval to Begin Operation in Significant Regulatory Milestone for U.S. Nuclear Industry

August 3, 2022 admin AP1000, Business, col, combined license, Fuel, full coverage, Georgia Power, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, part 52, southern co. southern nuclear, Technology, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:38:15 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) the green light to load fuel and begin the operation of an AP1000 nuclear reactor at Vogtle 3. The authorization makes Vogtle 3 the first reactor in the nation to reach the milestone as part of the regulator’s Part 52 combined license process. […]

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‘Major Questions’ Impacts Energy Regulation

August 1, 2022 admin Climate, Commentary, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: Kenny Stein| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:12:51 +0000

On the final day of the Supreme Court’s term, the Court ruled in favor of West Virginia and other petitioners challenging the claimed regulatory authority that underlaid the Clean Power Plan (CPP)—the

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Energy Security, Climate Change Initiatives Endure with Surprise U.S. Senate Deal

July 28, 2022 admin build back better, Business, climate change, Coal, Congress, energy security, Gas, Hydro, hydrogen, inflation reduction act of 2022., infrastructure act, Legal & Regulatory, Legislation, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, Senate, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:55:54 +0000

The inclusion of an estimated $369 billion in energy security and climate change investments in a July 27–unveiled U.S. Senate budget reconciliation proposal has prompted jubilation from a range of energy sectors. Less than two weeks after negotiations on clean energy and climate provisions within the reconciliation package hit an impasse and suggested their demise, […]

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DOE Grants California’s Request to Revise Civil Nuclear Credit Program Eligibility, Extends Deadline

July 1, 2022 admin Business, civil nuclear credit program, diablo canyon, DOE, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, pseg

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:39:06 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has revised eligibility criteria for the first-award cycle of its $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) program and extended its application period to Sept. 6, 2022. The action responds to a request for adjustments from the California governor’s office to better address Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E’s) 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon […]

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Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority to Regulate Power Plant Emissions

June 30, 2022 admin ace rule, carbon dioxide, clean air act, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, emissions, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, ghg, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, NOx, sox, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:13:41 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) options for limiting emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from power plants, an important environmental decision that could impact the federal government’s authority to enforce other regulations. The court in a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, on June 30 said the EPA does […]

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California Legislature Passes Bill to Support Reliability Reserve, Lifeline for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

June 30, 2022 admin Business, California, climate change, diablo canyon, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislation, news, Nuclear, PG&E, reliability, strategic reliability reserve, strategic reserve, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:52:21 +0000

California’s State Legislature has passed a bill that could extend the operating lives of existing generating facilities slated for retirement, potentially providing a new lifeline for the 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), which has a premature closure date in 2025. Both houses on June 29 passed AB-205 Energy, an energy trailer bill that Gov. […]

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AEMO Begins Cautious Lift of Australian Electricity Market Suspension

June 23, 2022 admin administered price cap, Australia, Business, Coal, Gas, generators, International, Legal & Regulatory, nem, news, outages

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:47:05 +0000

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) on June 22 initiated the first step to lift a suspension of its National Electricity Market (NEM), citing a “clear improvement in market conditions.” The measure comes more than a week since it indefinitely suspended spot markets in all regions of its NEM, given critical power generation supply shortfalls […]

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The Regulatory Structures or Economic Opportunities that are Driving—or Hindering—Building Electrification

June 10, 2022 admin building codes, Commentary, DOE, electrification, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, womble bond dickinson

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:51:11 +0000

Although the electricity generation and transportation sectors account for a far greater share of greenhouse gas emissions than the residential and commercial building sector, policy makers are targeting building electrification as a means for making a significant contribution to economy-wide emission reductions. Federal, state, and local governments are using various policy levers toward this goal, […]

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