October 6, 2024

Coal

DOE
IRA Tax Credits Draw Clean Energy Projects to Coal Communities
Millions in new funding and bonus tax credits are heading to new clean energy projects in communities impacted by the closure of fossil fuel-based industries.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
GOP Energy Bill Passes House, Heads for Hostile Senate
The GOP-led House passed a fossil-fuel friendly energy infrastructure bill that Democrats said will be “dead on arrival” in the Senate.
LG&E
Kentucky Law Raises Hurdle for Fossil Fuel Generation Retirements
Newly enacted legislation could make it more difficult for Kentucky regulators to approve retirements of fossil fuel generators or replace them with renewables.
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PJM Chief: Retirements Need to Slow down
PJM needs to slow the pace of generation retirements to avoid reliability problems by 2030, CEO Manu Asthana told the Electric Power Supply Association.
Bechtel
Sierra Club Sues Largest Ill. Coal Plant over Permitting
One of the largest power plants in Illinois has been running without proper permits since it went into service, the Sierra Club contends in a lawsuit.
State of Virginia
Youngkin Signs Energy Bills to Aimed at Growing Southwest Virginia Industry
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed a half dozen bills that he said will deliver on his “All-American, All-of-the-Above Energy Plan.”
EPA
EPA Good Neighbor Plan Expected to Accelerate Coal Plant Retirements
EPA announced details of its Good Neighbor Plan to slash emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides; the rules will affect power plants in 23 states.
EPA
EPA Proposes Tighter Coal Plant Wastewater Regs
The revised Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards would build on standards set under President Obama but weakened under President Trump.
Ohio General Assembly
Householder Convicted in FirstEnergy Bribery Case
The former Ohio House Speaker was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy over donations FirstEnergy paid a dark money group controlled by him to win favors.
Vistra
Vistra Pays more than $3 Billion for Energy Harbor
Vistra agreed to buy Energy Harbor and will create a new unit with 7.8 GW of zero-carbon generation, separate from its 32 GW of fossil fuel plants.

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