Environmental Regulations
Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is angry about the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Clean Power Plan but remains optimistic.
California legislation that would regionalize CAISO and mandate 100% zero-carbon retail electricity sales statewide by 2045 will not pass this year.
NYISO stakeholders offered broad support for incorporating a $40/ton carbon charge into the ISO’s markets at a special public hearing.
California utilities and state agencies are cooperating on developing plans to manage the effects of global climate change on the electricity grid.
FERC rejected a request to include the cost of emissions controls in the peaking plant design for the NYISO New York Control Area capacity demand curve.
The nine states comprising RGGI have agreed to accelerate reductions in emissions by lowering the annual allowances by 30% over 10 years.
FERC must consider the impact of greenhouse gas emissions when licensing natural gas pipelines, a split D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s long-awaited grid study calls on the federal government to rescue traditional baseload power by addressing negative pricing.
FERC denied NRG Curtailment Solutions’ request for an exemption from NYISO penalties for nonperformance.
Connecticut regulators got an earful at a public comment session on the future of Dominion Energy’s Millstone nuclear plant.
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