17Sep

JEA: Obama’s Pollution Reduction Plan ‘Most Disruptive Energy Policy in Modern Times’

Jacksonville utility says the proposed EPA rule could cause rate increases to local customers and across the state JEA casts a critical eye toward President Barack Obama’s proposal seeking to curb pollution from the nation’s power plants, using unusually pointed language to say the regulations would imperil local ratepayers, strip Florida utilities of needed fuel […]
17Sep

GAO: More Coal Power Plants to Retire than Previously Thought

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) increased the amount of coal-fired power plants that it estimates will be retired by 2025. The GAO, which serves as a watchdog for Congress, said Monday that the most current data points to 13 percent of 2012’s coal-fueled electric generating capacity being retired by 2025, due to environmental regulations, increase […]
16Sep

The EPA is More Concerned with What Sounds Good than What Actually Works

The Clean Power Plan is an extraordinary and unprecedented government overreach In this hyper-partisan environment, it is good to know that a majority of Senators can still agree on an issue. When such a rare moment happens, the rest of us should pay attention, as it is probably something very important. On September 11, 53 […]
15Sep

Murkowski: GAO Findings Reinforce Reliability Concerns

Accountability Office Finds Limited Coordination, Higher-Than-Projected Plant Retirements WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the request of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report documenting federal agencies’ inadequate response to concerns about the potential electric reliability impacts of multiple federal regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report […]
15Sep

ND Expects to Face Challenges Adapting to EPA Rules Requiring Reduced Power Plant Carbon Emissions

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota faces the prospect of having to significantly expand its electricity generation at the same time the nation’s utilities are grappling with looming regulations to restrict coal-fired sources. Utility representatives and regulators Wednesday expressed concerns about maintaining the reliability of the electricity supply as power reserves dwindle and a wave of […]
14Sep

Electric Rates Will Skyrocket Under EPA Plan

Mississippians should be aware of what’s brewing in a new proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). If implemented as planned, the added costs to Mississippi households, businesses, and the overall economy will be shocking. Hopefully, good sense will prevail, but we should not assume such. EPA’s unprecedented plan to alter fuels used for […]
10Sep

15 GOP Governors to Obama: Climate Rule Breaks the Law

Fifteen GOP governors say President Obama’s signature climate change regulation on carbon pollution from existing power plants “exceeds the scope of federal law.” In a letter to Obama, the governors from states including North Carolina, Alaska, Arizona and Wisconsin said the rule, which requires the nation’s fleet of existing power plants to cut carbon emissions […]
09Sep

Republican Governors Urge President Obama to Promote Reliable, Affordable Energy Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fifteen Republican governors sent a letter to President Obama concerning the EPA’s June 2 proposal for reducing carbon dioxide emissions at existing power plants under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Governors Robert Bentley of Alabama, Sean Parnell of Alaska, Jan Brewer of Arizona, C.L. “Butch” Otter of Idaho, Mike Pence of Indiana, […]
08Sep

EPA Threatens Your Ability to get Cheap Power

In many ways, the Tennessee State Fair that begins today in Nashville is a celebration of rural life and roots. It’s why we participate as a sponsor; those same roots are part of our DNA as electric cooperatives. In the 1930s, when no one else would, farmers and rural residents built the grids that electrified […]
05Sep

Biggest Threat to America’s Power Grid is Bad Policy

On September 4, 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch and energized America’s first electric grid. This breakthrough set us on a bright new path towards a future powered by reliable and affordable electricity. Today, electricity plays a crucial and growing role in our everyday lives, yet most Americans don’t think twice about where it comes […]