07Jun

Regulation vs. Competition

Regulation vs. Competition: Duke University Study Shows Regulation as Greatest Threat to Coal Download Fact Sheet (PDF)
21May

Cleaner air could mean higher electric bills

NEW YORK – Electricity prices are probably on their way up across much of the U.S. as coal-fired plants, the dominant source of cheap power, shut down in response to environmental regulations and economic forces. New and tighter pollution rules and tough competition from cleaner sources such as natural gas, wind and solar will lead […]
07May

New Poll Finds Most Americans Worried EPA Regulations Will Lead to Higher Electricity Prices

Most consumers also concerned EPA policies will lead to black-outs and brown-outs Washington, D.C. — Most Americans (76%) are at least somewhat worried that new regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remove coal-powered electricity from the nation’s energy mix will lead to higher prices for consumers, according to an online survey of […]
05May

Dominion seeks to recover roughly $300M in polar vortex fuel costs from customers

Rod Kuckro, E&E reporter The extreme cold during this past winter’s polar vortex and subsequent weeks forced Dominion Virginia Power to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to cover the high cost of natural gas used to produce electricity as well as extra power bought in the PJM Interconnection’s wholesale market. Now, the Richmond, Va.-based […]
30Mar

Coal Must Be a Part of the Nation’s Future

There is a battle going on in our nation right now over the future of energy, and West Virginia is at the center of this debate. We are the nation’s third largest energy producer and second largest producer of coal. Yet, there is an effort by some to not only limit how we use and […]
24Mar

EPA’s coal regs: all pain, no gain for Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s economy has been on the upswing, but Washington’s proposed greenhouse gas regulations could change all that. The Environmental Protection Agency’s prospective crackdown on new and existing power plants will drive up energy prices across the nation, but the proposed regulations will hit Badger State families and businesses particularly hard. The latest surge in the […]