30Jan

State Utility Reps Wary of EPA’s Coming Carbon Rules

Utility and state agency representatives at a legislative hearing expressed concern over the potential costs of a proposed EPA rule to cut carbon emissions from power plants and said reduction goals in the plan fail to account for progress the state has already made. The EPA rule, the final version of which is expected to be […]
29Jan

The Clean Power Plan’s Dirty Secret

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it would finalize three enormous rules regulating carbon emissions this summer, as a part of the Obama administration’s plan to implement an ideological, environmentalist agenda. One rule in particular, the Clean Power Plan, would have a devastating effect on America’s electricity industry and the U.S. economy. The generation and retail provision […]
28Jan

Coal Outlook Hardened by Administration’s Policies

The difficult adjustments that domestic coal operators are making in a rapidly evolving energy market have been made “immeasurably more difficult” for their employees and mine communities by reckless federal regulations, said Hal Quinn, president and CEO of the National Mining Association (NMA). Addressing the annual energy outlook conference of the U.S. Energy Association last week […]
27Jan

The Economic Effects of the New EPA Rules on the State of Wisconsin

New electricity regulations being proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would have devastating effects on the U.S. economy, but would be even more detrimental to Wisconsin’s families and businesses. According to this joint study published by The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University and The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, the EPA’s proposed […]
26Jan

Congress, Courts and Governors

A Republican-controlled Congress, several important cases before courts and growing opposition in governors’ mansions across the country offer three venues where blows could be struck to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, according Hal Quinn, President and CEO of the National Mining Association (NMA). “The 114th Congress is one reason to think we […]
22Jan

Coal Still Plays a Big Role in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord’s recent op-ed supporting the EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan mandating carbon emission standards (“Pennsylvania Should Embrace the New-Energy Economy,” Dec. 30) came up short in several respects. Mr. McCord acknowledged that compliance with the proposed standards could create economic damage and would be “tough to embrace.” That would be particularly so […]
21Jan

Will EPA Rules Raise Orlando Area’s Utilities Bills?

Utilities this year are bracing for proposed cuts in emissions of carbon dioxide, a pollutant blamed for global warming. What it means for consumers — some say it could hike electric bills — is so far unclear. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is targeting power plants that burn coal, oil and natural gas as the […]
20Jan

Price of Electricity Hit Record High in U.S. in 2014

(CNSNews.com) – Even as gasoline prices plummeted and the overall energy price index calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics declined, electricity prices bucked the trend in the United States in 2014. Data released today by the BLS indicates that the electricity price indexes hit all-time highs for the month of December and for the […]
15Jan

Gov. Mead Will Fight For Coal

In his State of the State message Governor Matt Mead asked for support of his energy and water initiatives and for investment in education, infrastructure, and local government.  Mead said this will help overcome a downturn in energy prices. But the governor admitted that challenges remain.  He told legislators that his administration will fight against what […]