Realism undoes another part of Trump’s coal rescue mission

In a move that will surprise many in Washington, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is going to back away from wholesale changes to the Obama administration’s Mercury and Air Toxics regulations, according to Bloomberg News in a report today. Instead, the EPA will make some regulatory definition changes that could make it harder to… More Realism undoes another part of Trump’s coal rescue mission

FERC to ease way for market-based rates

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today adopted a proposal to change its required analysis of horizontal market power for many sellers seeking market-based rates in the organized wholesale markets it supervises. Chairman Neil Chatterjee called the notice of proposed rulemaking a “small but important step.” In a press release, FERC said the proposal “safeguards the… More FERC to ease way for market-based rates

The Dean: John Dingell recalls his many momentous decades in Congress

John Dingell, the longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the most important energy legislator of the 20th century. His new memoir comes as he is in retirement at 92 and still as feisty as ever. It includes his 1981 orchestrating of the expansion of the venerable Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee… More The Dean: John Dingell recalls his many momentous decades in Congress

SC regulators approve Dominion buyout of SCANA

The seven-member South Carolina Public Service Commission today (Dec. 14) unanimously approved the sale of the state’s flagship investor-owned utility, SCANA Corp., to Virginia-based Dominion Energy for $14 billion. The SCANA takeover is the result of the disastrous decision of the South Carolina company to build two new nuclear power plants at its existing V.C.… More SC regulators approve Dominion buyout of SCANA

Will FERC’s new commissioner recuse himself from coal issues?

The Senate confirmation Dec. 5 of Bernard McNamee to be aRepublican member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, by a partisan 50-49 vote, had barely happened when the first filing with FERC seeking McNamee’s recusal on coal-related votes hit the commission. Ari Pescoe, in a 22-page filing that surely was in the works as NcNamee’s… More Will FERC’s new commissioner recuse himself from coal issues?

Continental Brexit, full English Brexit, or dog’s Brexit?

With just over a week to go, the British Parliament is scheduled to vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal with the European Union that would see (Dec. 11) the United Kingdom eventually leave the EU. The outcome is in doubt. While steeped-in-duty May continues to say she will lead the UK out of the… More Continental Brexit, full English Brexit, or dog’s Brexit?