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 […]
04Sep

Kentucky Along with 11 Other States file Suit Against EPA on Carbon Regulations

ASHLAND — Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that they have joined 10 other states in filing suit against the Environmental Protection Agency which in June proposed new regulations on carbon emissions. Conway and Morrisey appeared in Ashland on Thursday along with several eastern Kentucky lawmakers to announce […]
03Sep

AGs Team Up Against EPA rules

ASHLAND — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway joined officials from 10 other states, including Ohio, in asking for an expedited federal appellate court ruling on tougher proposed federal Environmental Protection Agency performance standards for existing power plants. Kentucky and West Virginia, two states heavily involved in the coal […]
02Sep

Prepare for a Major Power Outage This Winter

With another polar vortex looming, the public should prepare for potential blackouts caused by the Obama administration’s plans to shut down coal-fired power plants. You see, the record-breaking lows of last winter put a never-before-seen strain on the energy grid. In fact, the grid nearly imploded last January, but thanks to back-up power supplied by […]
25Aug

EPA Guidelines are a Calamity in the Making

For months, we heard the resounding warnings about how new Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at power generation could affect Arizona consumers and businesses. Now that the agency’s proposal has officially been released, it is clear that these warnings were not in vain, for the guidelines EPA put forth will leave our state and our […]
23Aug

Obama Hits the Gas on Regs

Groups that closely follow regulations are expecting the Obama administration to continue issuing controversial rules through the midterm elections, despite the political risk it could pose for Democrats. With time running out on President Obama’s second term, federal agencies are hitting the gas on a number of regulatory initiatives that are central to the White […]
21Aug

Picking Losers: EPA’s Costly Admissions

The legislation creating the Environmental Protection Agency does not contain any language bestowing responsibility for creating a new “investment plan” for America. Yet the EPA, empowered “to protect human health and the environment,” now admits its carbon regulations are less about pollution and more about investments in renewable energy. In a surprising moment of candor […]
18Aug

Coal Still Is Top Source of Electricity in U.S.; Where Does Your State Stand?

Since the first quarter of 2001, overall electricity generation from all fuel sources has risen 13% in the U.S. The main sources of that electricity have changed slightly. In 2014 more states use natural gas as their main fuel for electricity generation compared to 2001, while several fewer states use coal than at the start […]
11Aug

EPA Must Explain the Costs of its Rules Better, Federal Watchdog Says

The Environmental Protection Agency needs to do a better job explaining and disclosing the data it uses to determine the costs of proposed regulations, particularly those regarding climate change, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday. While the agency adhered to many of the guidelines outlined by the White House Office of Management […]