19May

EPA and the Grid

Via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: I wish to add some perspective to the May 5 letter “The EPA’s Plan Doesn’t Threaten Electrical Service.” The claim this title makes is patently false. PJM Interconnection is the electric grid operator for Pennsylvania and several surrounding states. The vast majority of baseload generation units in the PJM footprint are […]
18May

WV Lawmakers Show Support for Federal Measure to Roll Back Clean Power Plan

Via The State Journal: Several West Virginia lawmakers gathered May 18 to support the Affordable Reliable Energy Now Act, which aims to roll back proposed federal regulations on coal-fired power plants. Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer and Speaker of the House Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, among several other lawmakers, came together at the Capitol to support the […]
16May

US Manufacturers’ Concerns About EPA Clean Power Plan

Via MetalMiner: MetalMiner interviewed Ross Eisenberg, Vice President, Energy and Resources Policy atNational Association of Manufacturers (NAM); Brett Smith, Sr. Director, Government Relations at American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI); Jennifer Diggins, Director, Public Affairs, Nucor Corp.; and Mark Pruitt, Principal at Power Bureau on why US manufacturers are concerned about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Clean Power Plan final rule going […]
15May

EPA’s Clean Power Act is all Pain, No Gain for Texas Economy, Energy Production

Via WacoTrib.com: Texas’ balanced energy portfolio is what drives our state’s economic growth and provides job security to millions. Texas energy jobs aren’t just in oil fields, mines and power plants. The affordable electricity rates provided by our diverse energy supply ensure that other employers, such as those in our vast manufacturing and technology industries, […]
14May

Will the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Save You Money or Clean Your Clock?

Via Watchdog.org:  By Rob Nikolewski │ Watchdog.org The Obama administration and theEnvironmental Protection Agency is on the verge of instituting a Clean Power Plan that would mark the first federal measure to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s existing power plants. The EPA says the new rules will save money in the long run, but a recent study comes to […]
14May

Senators Capito, Manchin Introduce Legislation to Roll Back EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via wvva.com: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, today introduced a bill that will be the principal legislative vehicle in the Senate to rollback President Obama’s “Clean Power Plan.” A bipartisan group of six Senators joined Senator […]
13May

Major Kentucky Candidates for Governor Will Refuse EPA Plan

Via The Washington Times: Kentuckians won’t know who their next governor is until after the November election, but they do know he won’t comply with the EPA’s coal regulations. The Environmental Protection Agency has told states to submit a plan on how they will cut carbon emissions 30 percent by 2030. The Kentucky Coal Association says all […]
12May

EPA’s Dangerous Desire To Become America’s Energy Regulator

Via Forbes: Imagine that a federal agency seeks to fundamentally change the way electricity is provided to every household, school and factory in the United States. In fact, the agency’s proposal is so sweeping and dramatic that across the nation independent experts have raised concerns about it. According to the Nation’s reliability expert, the North […]
11May

State Rep. Andy Holt: State Should Opt Out of Clean Power Plan

Via The Knoxville News Sentinel:  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is at it again. Its new Clean Power Plan isn’t just an unprecedented attempt by a federal agency to tell states how to generate electricity, it’s also an outrageous overreach. What the EPA is attempting is far beyond its legal authority. Worse, it’s trying to […]
11May

New Coal Regulations Could Cost Southern Illinois Jobs, Critics Say

Via wsiltv.com: If passed, new proposed EPA restrictions could cripple mining in Southern Illinois, critics allege. Each May, the Old King Coal festival takes over the town of West Frankfort. The city used to be a boom town filled with coal mines and a population nearing 20,000. “Now there are no coal mines in West Frankfort. There […]