10Jun

EIA: Clean Power Plan Will Increase Prices, Reduce Reliability

Via The Muscatine Journal: The EPA’s so-called “Clean Power Plan” to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants has come under fire from utilities, regional grid operators, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — basically, any entity that has some responsibility for seeing that consumers are provided […]
09Jun

Here’s How We Can Stop the EPA’s War on the Poor

Via The Patriot News:  In his State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama promoted his vision of “middle-class economics.” As part of his program, he pledged to lower taxes for working families, “putting thousands of dollars back into their pockets each year.” Alas, what his budget proposal pledged to giveth, his energy policy taketh away. The industry […]
08Jun

The EPA’s ‘Clean Power’ Mess

Via The Wall Street Journal: ‘Flexibility” is the advertised hallmark of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which by 2030 would reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants by 30% from 2005 levels. The central feature of the plan is a forced shift away from inexpensive coal-fired power. Not to worry, says EPA […]
05Jun

West Virginia Lawmakers Press Governor to Not Submit Plan for EPA Climate Rule

Via Politico: West Virginia’s House delegation today is calling on Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to heed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “just say no” campaign against the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. “As you consider West Virginia’s response we urge you to consider NOT submitting a state implementation plan due to concerns over EPA’s legal justification […]
04Jun

UMWA President: Coal’s Largest Union to Sue EPA Over CO2 Emission Rules

Via SNL: The United Mine Workers of America will join many in the coal industry fighting the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Planand New Source Performance Standards in federal court. At a June 3 gathering of UMWA workers, President Cecil Roberts noted the union’s long past of fighting for coal miners’ rights — from health care benefits to the […]
03Jun

EPA Climate Plan Sent to White House for Review

Via The National Journal:  The Obama administration has teed up a busy summer on climate change, with the final review of its tentpole climate rule swinging into action. The Environmental Protection Agency sent its rules on carbon emissions for existing power plants to the White House Office of Management and Budget for a final review, […]
03Jun

FERC Commissioner Says EPA Carbon Rule May Usurp State Powers

Via E&E Publishing: PHOENIX — States complying with U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan run the risk of ceding jurisdiction over energy policy decisions to the federal government, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Tony Clark. Clark, a Republican and former North Dakota electric regulator, told state regulators at a meeting of the Western Conference […]
02Jun

Walker: EPA Carbon Rule ‘Unworkable’ for Wisconsin

Via The Hill: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) told President Obama that his landmark carbon rule for power plants is “unworkable” for the Badger State. Walker, who is expected to announce a run for president next month, stopped short of saying that Wisconsin would not comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) climate change regulation. […]
01Jun

In Depth: EPA Forcing Policy in Regulatory Guise

Via TribLive: Pennsylvania’s utilities, coal companies, their employees and ratepayers are bracing for the publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule on greenhouse-gas emissions set for this summer. On behalf of my 120 employees and their families, I am hopeful that the EPA will consider the 1.6 million comments submitted during the open […]
31May

Wisconsin Governor: Obama Power Plant Rule ‘Unworkable’

Via The Associated Press/Yahoo News: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican eyeing a presidential run in 2016, says President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants is “unworkable.” Wisconsin will not comply with the president’s plan without “significant and meaningful changes,” Walker said. Obama’s proposal is aimed at curbing the pollution blamed […]