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$2.2B for 13 GW of New Transmission Capacity: DOE Unveils Latest Boost for U.S. Grid Modernization

August 6, 2024 admin Business, energy policy, energy security, full coverage, gets, grid, grid modernization, grid technologies, Grip, investment, Markets, news, nietec, Power Demand, regulations, Renewables, resilience, sustainability, T&D, Technology, transmission, trends, white house

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:14:36 +0000

The Biden administration will invest $2.2 billion in eight projects under its Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) program to bolster the nation’s power grid with nearly 13 GW of […]

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2024 Shaping Up to Be Dramatic for Transmission and Distribution

May 30, 2024 admin Distribution, energy policy, energy security, ferc, full coverage, gets, grid, grid modernization, grid resilience, grid technologies, investment, Legal & Regulatory, news, power, reforms, regulations, Renewables, supply chains, T&D, Technology, transmission, trends, white house

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 17:32:46 +0000

In a significant push toward modernizing America’s aging grid infrastructure, the Biden administration, in partnership with 21 states, has launched the Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative. The measure marks the […]

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EPA Unleashes Four-Pronged Assault on Fossil Fuel Power Pollution

April 25, 2024 admin Business, ccr, Coal, coal ash, coal power, effluent limitations, elg, EPA, fossil fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas power, ghg, Legal & Regulatory, legal and regulatory, MATS, mercury, news, power, regulations, Technology, Wastewater

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:28:19 +0000

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 25 simultaneously finalized four major environmental rules covering greenhouse gases (GHG), air toxics, wastewater discharges, and coal combustion […]

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U.S., UK, Canada Ink Trilateral Memo to Cooperate on Advanced Reactor Licensing

March 14, 2024 admin advanced rector, Canada, cnsc, Legal & Regulatory, NRC, Nuclear, onr, regulations, smr, uk, US

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:11:39 +0000

Nuclear regulatory agencies from the U.S., Canada, and the UK will collaborate on technical reviews and share best practices for advanced reactors and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. The measure […]

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NRC Sets Stage for Advanced Nuclear with New Part 53 Rule

March 4, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, Business, Fuel, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, lwr, microreactors, neima, news, non-lwrs licensing, NRC, nrc licensing framework, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear industry, part 53, Plant Design, power, regulations, Safety, stakeholders, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:24:27 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed its staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance to create Part 53, a much-awaited risk-informed and technology-inclusive licensing framework geared toward […]

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EPA Moves to Significantly Tighten Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

April 6, 2023 admin air emissions, Air pollution, Business, Coal, Environmental, EPA, ESP, full coverage, haps, Legal & Regulatory, lignite, MATS, mercury controls, news, regulations, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:22:49 +0000

A proposed rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 5 could considerably tighten the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, with specific repercussions for coal- and oil-fired generation. The proposed rule seeks to significantly update the 2012–finalized National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-Fired […]

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EPA Projects Final ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ Will Result in 14 GW of Coal Retirements

March 16, 2023 admin air quality, Business, Coal, coal closures, csapr, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Gas, good neighbor plan, Legal & Regulatory, low-nox burners, Markets, NAAQS, news, NOx, over-fire air, ozone, power plants, regulations, scr, smog, sncr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:23:48 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15 issued the final “Good Neighbor Plan,” its latest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that could require coal, oil, or gas steam power plants in 22 states to reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels by 50% by 2027 compared to the 2021 ozone season. […]

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EPA Moves to Deny Coal Ash Disposal at Six Massive Coal Power Plants

January 26, 2023 admin alternative liner, Business, Coal, coal ash, coal power plants, Environmental, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, news, regulations, unlined impoundments

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:40:29 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed barring six coal-fired power plants in various states—a combined 11 GW—from disposing coal ash into unlined surface impoundments. The agency, however, also proposed to provide disposal extensions if the coal plants are needed to maintain grid reliability. The EPA’s proposed determinations, issued on Jan. 25, fall under its […]

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Trump orders simpler path for genetically engineered food

June 11, 2019 admin genetically engineered food, Latest News Stories, law, regulations, Trump, US news, World

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:43:25 +0000

NEW YORK – President Trump wants to make it easier for genetically engineered plants and animals to enter the food supply, and he signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to simplify the “regulatory maze” for producers.

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