22Feb

Corp. Comm. Chair: Clean-Air Plan Could Threaten State’s Power Supply

Via the Tucson Sentinel: Miranda LeoCronkite News WASHINGTON –  There is “simply no way” Arizona can comply with proposed new clean-air rules without “irreparable disruption” to the state power system’s reliability, said Susan Bitter Smith, chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Susan Bitter Smith’s testimony to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission came Thursday at that agency’s hearing on the […]
21Feb

Montana, Tribe Fight EPA’s Proposed Carbon-Dioxide Rules

Via Heatland.org: The State of Montana and the Crow Nation have filed joint comments with the Environmental Protection Agency disputing EPA’s authority to impose new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions. Montana supplies coal to other states across the country. The EPA is proposing new regulations under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to force […]
20Feb

Polar Vortex 2015 – Close to the Edge (Again!)

Last winter was one of the harshest, hitting millions of Americans with spikes in their winter utility bills. Unfortunately, here we are, one year later, facing yet another polar vortex. Meteorologists predict some of the coldest blasts of frigid temperatures over the next several days, which has energy experts worried about the impact on consumers’ […]
20Feb

Worst Week in Washington: EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Officials decry plan as “physically impossible,” “beyond what is legally permissible,” and “choice for many may be between paying an electric bill or paying a mortgage” EPA’s Clean Power Plan came under intense scrutiny this week in the nation’s capital as regulators and stakeholders met to discuss the legality, cost, and feasibility of EPA’s proposed […]
20Feb

GUEST VIEW: EPA Regulations Will Cost State Jobs

Via The Lacrosse Tribune: Here in Wisconsin, we do not have the luxury of Arizona’s sun exposure for solar power, nor do we have the open plains like Iowa and the Dakotas to yield a high margin of wind energy. In Wisconsin, we rely on coal, and it accounts for over 60 percent of our […]
19Feb

Georgians Could Face Winter Power Shortages Under ‘Clean Power Plan’

Via The Marietta Daily Journal: Right now, Georgia gets 34 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants. But what would happen if the state were suddenly forced to seek all of its electricity from other sources? Could Georgia experience shortages of power during peak use, with the cost of household power jumping significantly? That’s […]
18Feb

Study: Obama Climate Agenda Will Cost Alabama Over 10k Manufacturing Jobs

Via Yellowhammer News: A newly released study by the Heritage Foundation estimates that Alabama will lose 10,718 jobs as a result of the Obama Administration’s climate policies. That represents a reduction of 4.14 percent of the state’s total number of manufacturing jobs, making Alabama the seventh most negatively impacted state in the country, by percentage. “Every state […]
17Feb

Separating Coal Miners from Their Jobs Is No Solution for Coal Communities

Via Roll Call By Hal Quinn Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and his colleagues at the Center for American Progress believe the answer for unemployed coal miners is separating more of them from their jobs (“Congress Should Correct Distortions in the Coal Market and Invest in Struggling Coal Communities,” Roll Call, Feb. 11, 2015). Increasing […]
16Feb

Miss. Could Face Shortages Under ‘Clean Power Plan’

Via The Clarion-Ledger: Right now, Mississippi gets 14 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants. But what would happen if the state were suddenly forced to seek all of its electricity from other sources? Could Mississippi experience shortages of power during peak use, with the cost of household power jumping significantly? That’s the baffling […]
13Feb

States Can “Just Say No” to the EPA’s Carbon Rule, Expert Says

Via Power Mag: According to Peter S. Glaser, partner with Troutman Sanders LLP, who practices in the energy and environmental law fields, saying “no” is an option that states have in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan proposal. Speaking during a panel discussion at George Mason University’s Law and Economics Center […]