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Rich Nolan

18May

A Plan to Break the Grid

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out its sweeping new climate rule last week. In the plan’s crosshairs is the generating capacity that meets 60% of the nation’s power. Should the EPA get its way, today’s coal and gas fleets will be largely disassembled nearly overnight, posing a remarkable threat to a grid already […]
  • On May 18, 2023
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, Clean Air Act, Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jennifer Wilcox, John Moura, Michael Regan, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Politico, Rich Nolan, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Willie Philips
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13Apr

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is having a hard time getting its story straight. A year ago, EPA administrator Michael Regan announced that he would be using the full suite of his authorities to give as clear a signal as possible to utilities to close coal plants. He said he’d be rolling out an […]
  • On April 13, 2023
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Michael Regan, National Mining Association (NMA), Rich Nolan
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07Nov

The President Doubles Down on Bad Policy

When President Biden boasted last week about closing coal plants all across the country, he meant it. The White House has already begun spinning and clarifying his remarks, but the President knew what he was saying because there’s a plan to do it. Even as electricity and natural gas bills soar – up a startling 16% […]
  • On November 7, 2022
  • Associated Electric Cooperative Inc., Bloomberg, Curt Morgan, David Tudor, electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, Jim Robb, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Politico, Public Utilities Fortnightly, Rich Nolan, S&P Global, Vistra Corp., Wall Street Journal
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28Sep

The Little Engine That Might Not

The recent 11th hour agreement to avoid a rail strike was a disaster narrowly avoided. A strike would have created a debilitating logistics chokepoint, disrupting supply chains of all kinds and creating enormous headwinds for the U.S. economy. Estimates put the cost of a rail strike at almost $2 billion a day. Yet, despite this […]
  • On September 28, 2022
  • Fox Business, National Mining Association (NMA), Railroads, Rich Nolan, Surface Transportation Board
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17Aug

Halting Federal Coal Leasing During a Global Energy Crisis

Last week, a federal judge made history – in a dreadful way – by reinstating an Obama-era moratorium on federal coal leasing. Setting aside the outrageous shattering of both judicial limits and established precedent, the meritless ruling comes at a remarkable time. The U.S. is facing an energy affordability crisis, a deepening grid reliability crisis, […]
  • On August 17, 2022
  • federal coal leasing, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Mining Association (NMA), Rich Nolan, Sally Jewel, wages
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13Jul

European Energy Independence with U.S. Coal

This week, Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, warned that the global energy crisis is likely to get worse before it gets better, adding the coming winter for Europe, “will be very, very difficult.” His remarks reflect the increasing likelihood that Russia will completely cut off the flow of its natural gas […]
  • On July 13, 2022
  • coal exports, Europe, European Commission, Fatih Birol, Federation of German Industries, Germany, International Energy Agency (IEA), National Mining Association (NMA), natural gas, polling, Rich Nolan, ZERO Lab at Princeton University
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22Jun

Voters Want Action on Grid Reliability

Americans are deeply concerned about the reliability of the nation’s power grid and the affordability of their electricity supply. They’re so concerned, even frustrated, with warnings over the potential for rolling blackouts – or worse – they now want government action to fix the problem. According to national polling from Morning Consult, nearly 8 in […]
  • On June 22, 2022
  • Alexander Bethe, electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), German Association of Coal Importers, Germany, grid reliability, John Bear, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Morning Consult, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), polling, Rich Nolan, Robert Habeck, Texas
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20Apr

Price Spikes and Renewed Urgency to Maintain Fuel Optionality

On Monday, U.S. natural gas prices surged above $8 per million British thermal units, four times what they were before the pandemic, and a level not seen since 2008. With energy-driven inflation front-of-mind for voters and a deepening risk to the economy, the arrival of a painfully expensive new natural gas normal is only heightening […]
  • On April 20, 2022
  • electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fuel diversity, Holman Jenkins, National Mining Association (NMA), natural gas, Rich Nolan, The Washington Examiner, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wall Street Journal
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16Mar

EPA is Determined to Accelerate the Electricity Affordability Crisis

The energy crisis emanating from Europe is a wakeup call for policymakers about the importance of energy security and the delicate balancing act required by the energy transition. Europe’s energy policy missteps are now proving an invaluable example of a path best avoided. Overreliance on Russian energy, lack of dispatchable fuel diversity and a rushed […]
  • On March 16, 2022
  • CERAWeek, electricity prices, energy transition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Europe, Fox Business, Michael Regan, National Mining Association (NMA), New England, Rich Nolan, Russia, Ukraine, Wall Street Journal
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09Mar

Fight Back with American Energy

Just a week ago, sanctioning Russian energy seemed out of reach. Not anymore. On Tuesday, President Biden announced a ban on imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal to the U.S. The United Kingdom is phasing out Russian oil imports this year and moving to ban Russian gas. And the European Union – alarmingly […]
  • On March 9, 2022
  • Bloomberg, coal, electricity prices, Euracoal, Europe, European Union, Frans Timmermans, Joe Biden, National Mining Association (NMA), natural gas, oil, Rich Nolan, Russia, United Kingdom
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Recent Rich Nolan Posts
  • A Plan to Break the Grid
  • Seeing the Forest for the Trees
  • The President Doubles Down on Bad Policy
  • The Little Engine That Might Not
  • Halting Federal Coal Leasing During a Global Energy Crisis
  • European Energy Independence with U.S. Coal
  • Voters Want Action on Grid Reliability
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