11Feb

Basin Electric Urges Change in EPA CO2 Rule

As a nine-state generation and transmission provider, Basin Electric Power Cooperative finds itself in a unique, if not tight spot, under the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to slash carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. Basin Electric believes, as does NRECA, that EPA should withdraw its proposed Clean Power Plan targeting fossil fuel generation.But the Bismarck, […]
10Feb

State Should Just Say No to the EPA

I like a warm house in the winter, a cool house in the dog days of August. I’m not so sure the Environmental Protection Agency wants the same for me. Amid the unresolved global warming debate, the EPA has proclaimed that it knows what’s best. When Congress refused to pass carbon caps, the bureaucrats at the […]
09Feb

EPA Rule Changes Will Drive Up Cost of Energy

Gas prices remain below $2 a gallon in most of New Mexico, providing citizens of our state with extra cash for their winter fun. Don’t get used to it. The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of implementing three rules that a new study by the Rio Grande Foundation and Beacon Hill Institute at […]
09Feb

Why Fossil Fuels?

What Would The World Look Like Without Fossil Fuels?                 The United States is fortunate to enjoy abundant natural resources, including a diverse energy portfolio.  While much attention is paid to climate change, we tend to ignore the tremendous benefits that we enjoy because of that abundant energy […]
08Feb

EPA’s Carbon Regs Could Cut Wyoming Coal Output 45% by 2030

From the Wyoming Business Report: According to a yet-to-be-released study by the University of Wyoming’s Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy, the Environmental Protection Agency’s planned carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants could cause a decline in Wyoming coal output by 20 to 45 percent in 2030. University of Wyoming Professor Robert Godby […]
07Feb

New EPA Rules Will Kill Wisconsin Jobs

Harsh Midwest winters have a tendency to make Wisconsinites’ electricity bills jump quite a bit, but that is not the only thing that will increase our bills if the Environmental Protection Agency gets its way. Recently proposed rules by the EPA, expected to be finalized this summer, would sharply limit carbon emissions at coal-fired power […]
06Feb

Standing Up to the EPA

The West Virginia Legislature is considering bills (HB 2004 and SB 4) that would give lawmakers oversight for how the state Department of Environmental Protection plans to meet the federal EPA’s sweeping plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Under the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, states must submit plans for reducing carbon emissions using “building blocks” established […]
05Feb

Michigan Still Runs on Coal

For some time now, the Obama administration has been trying to force through a climate change policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions from electricity production, particularly coal-fired power plants. Regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency could force states to shut down hundreds of coal plants and shift to natural gas and renewable energy. Michigan […]
04Feb

Expert Says EPA Plan Will Kill Mississippians

Former Environmental Protection Agency regulator David Schnare urged Mississippi lawmakers to defy a federal rule requiring states to implement sweeping greenhouse-gas reduction plans, calling it both costly and illegal. Lawmakers have until today to accept his challenge, but it’s unclear whether they’ll do so. Schnare, a noted climate-change denier, appeared Monday before a joint legislative […]
03Feb

Which States Face Most Risk from EPA Rules?

Electric cooperatives and public power utilities in West Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida and Arizona face the greatest challenges in meeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon dioxide rules. “Many public power utilities already near the top of what’s affordable for customers could face backlash to raise electricity rates further. However, not raising rates comes at […]