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Overheard at NECA Environmental Conference 2018
Panelists at the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association’s Environmental Conference discussed the turmoil at EPA, as well as the dangers of climate change.
Overheard at Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit
Hundreds of investors, utility executives and others gathered for Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Future of Energy Summit.
Brattle Group
NY Carbon Task Force Discusses Seams, ‘Leakage’
The New York Integrating Public Policy Task Force tackled the complex issue of avoiding the pitfall of “carbon leakage.”
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Berkeley Looks at EVs, Markets, Gas Withholding
Electric vehicles are increasing on California highways, but future growth is dependent on solving critical issues, PUC Commissioner Carla Peterman said.
EPA
D.C. Circuit Denies EPA Haze Rule Challenges
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied two petitions challenging the EPA's final actions on its Regional Haze rule designed to improve air quality and visibility in national parks and wilderness areas.
Conn. Officials Talk State Policy, Wider Trends
Connecticut officials shared their musings on a range of subjects, including the state’s energy policy, regulatory woes and China’s approach to siting nuclear plants.
Whitehouse: Business Can Move GOP on Carbon
A dozen Senate Republicans are willing to consider a price on carbon but need cover from business groups, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told ACORE.
Sabal Trail Transmission
Dem Dissents Show FERC Divide on Carbon
Democratic FERC Commissioners Cheryl LaFleur and Richard Glick have split with the Republican majority over its refusal to consider GHG emissions in two pipeline orders.
Coalition Targets Capacity Markets in Resiliency Docket
Consumer advocates, environmentalists, wind and solar developers and public power called on FERC Tuesday to “review the design of organized wholesale electricity markets, particularly capacity constructs” in its resiliency docket.
UK Dept. for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
NY Task Force Takes on Carbon Pricing Mechanics
How should New York set carbon prices - and who should be tasked with doing it? Those are questions the state's Integrating Public Policy Task Force have begun to tackle in its effort to integrate carbon pricing into NYISO's market.

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