Environmental Regulations
Several power producers joined the Electric Power Supply Association in petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review appellate court rulings upholding the New York and Illinois zero-emission credit programs.
2018 brought chilling warnings about the growing dangers of climate change, but President Trump continued to question the reality of a warming planet.
In many ways, PJM's 2018 was much like years before, with capacity and energy market rules under constant redesign. Some stakeholders have grown weary of the churn.
The Integrating Public Policy Task Force met for the last time before handing its final carbon pricing proposal to NYISO’s stakeholder governance process.
Rulings by the Public Service Commission will double New York’s existing 2025 storage goal and require the state’s utilities to reduce building energy use.
EPA proposed eliminating the requirement that new coal-fired generation incorporate carbon capture technology — a largely symbolic measure.
NYISO recommended its carbon pricing proposal no longer include emissions-free resources with existing REC contracts pay the LBMP carbon component.
California legislators will struggle with wildfire liability, while lawmakers in Washington and Nevada could debate clean energy.
Although President Trump has dismissed climate change as a threat, the Defense Department has been planning for it since at least 1977.
The Trump administration released the National Climate Assessment which details the impact of climate change, a stark contrast to the president’s rhetoric.
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