Substantial changes in the outlook for energy markets over the past couple of years, including evolving environmental regulations, continued economic weakness and commodity market developments, have created significant headwinds for…
Coal
Coal power plant design, construction, operation and maintenance, as well as legal and regulatory issues.
A divided three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 19 rejected Oklahoma State's challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) implementation of a regional haze…
An updated energy flow chart released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) that visually depicts the relative size of primary energy resources and end uses in the U.S., with…
Twelve attorneys general last week filed a lawsuit in federal court requesting for access to documents related to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) so-called "sue and settle" practice with advocacy…
A divided three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected Oklahoma State's challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) implementation of a regional haze rule…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA's) International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) released today projects that renewable energy and nuclear power will each increase 2.5% per year through 2040, but fossil…
American Electric Power (AEP) has opted to retire—instead of refueling with natural gas—its 585-MW coal-fired Muskingum River Plant Unit 5 in Beverly, Ohio, in 2015. AEP had previously said it…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week gave Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) six more months to decide on the future of its 2-GW coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant near…
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld an earlier district court decision that Clean Air Act liabilities do not transfer to new owners when a…
FirstEnergy Corp. plans to shutter two coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania this fall—a total capacity of 2,080 MW—citing high costs of compliance with current and future environmental rules and a…