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Supreme Court Strikes Down EPA’s MATS Rule
In a 5–4 decision announced on June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) rules limiting mercury and other hazardous air pollutants released from power plants. In April 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the… Read More

States Sue EPA, Army Corps Over Final Waters of U.S. Rule with Reach Over Power Plants
Thirteen states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the recently finalized Clean Water Rule, which they say illegally puts the federal government in charge of a majority of water and land… Read More

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Rebalancing the Electric System for Environmental Consideration Webinar

July 8, 11 am ET

This webinar will explore the rebalancing of the three primary aspects of electric delivery; cost, reliability and environmental impact. The EPA, through the Clean Power Plan, is boldly redefining the threshold of environmental impact. This transformed definition leads to a greater emphasis on an environmentally focused system dispatch to the potential detriment of low cost power production and maintaining reliable electric delivery. REGISTER HERE

China Submits Plans for Reducing Carbon Emissions
China on June 29 submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) for reducing carbon emissions to the United Nations in preparation for the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris later this year. The INDCs are formal pledges toward a hoped-for binding… Read More

Nuclear Power Plant Security Forces Fare Better on Inspections than TSA Agents
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released details from its security inspection program for commercial nuclear power reactors and Category I fuel cycle facilities, finding only one “failure to protect designated target set components effectively” during the 23 NRC-evaluated force-on-force (FOF)… Read More

Puerto Rico’s Utility Makes Debt Payment, Avoids Default
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, PREPA, Wednesday made a $415 million payment to its creditors (mostly hedge fund investors), avoiding a default and giving the troubled government-owned utility more time to work out a deal to restructure its $9 billion… Read More

How the Power Sector Has Changed Since 2001
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals surprising aspects about how federal subsidies for electricity have been distributed, how the power generation mix has shifted, and how consumption has transformed since 2001. The June 29–released report, "Generation… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's July 2015 issue and its sister publications:

A Brief History of In-Stack PM Measurement

Continuous Water Washing in Wet Electrostatic Precipitators Reduces Capital Cost in the Chinese Market

Don’t Let Leachate Derail Your CCR Landfill Plans

The Need for Alternate PM2.5 Emission Factors for Gas-Fired Combustion Units

Using an Optical PM CEMS with Wet FGD for MATS Compliance

THE BIG PICTURE (Infographic): Emissions Controls

Public Power and IOUs: The Same Yet Different

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