Trump's EPA Signals Changes for Power Plant Mercury Rule
The Trump administration is "closely" reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) final cost consideration finding for its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) to determine whether it should reconsider the rule or some part of it, it said in an… Read More |
Energy Secretary Perry: War on Coal Is Over
The Barack Obama administration waged war on the coal industry, but that’s all over now, recently confirmed Secretary of Energy Rick Perry told the National Coal Council (NCC) during its annual spring meeting. Read More |
D.C. Circuit Again Upholds FERC Order No. 1000
A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit on April 18 unanimously upheld Order No. 1000, denying multiple challenges by New England power firms and state regulators to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) controversial mandate that requires utilities to remove… Read More |
Trump’s Infrastructure Failure at FERC
The Trump administration has still not nominated candidates to fill three vacancies at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. While hardly the stuff of Washington Post A-section attention, the inability of Trump to unlock FERC, which currently has no quorum, holds… Read More |
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