In the worldwide battle for electric generation, coal isn’t down and out. It isn’t even on the ropes. According to World Energy Data (formerly BP’s data collection report), coal is still the champ. In 2022, coal accounted for 35.4% of global electric generation, followed by natural gas (22.7%), hydro (14.9%), nuclear (9.2%), wind (7.2%), solar… More Clean Energy Isn’t Killing Coal, Still World Champ

A proposed federal environmental and energy permitting rule by a White House agency could scuttle a separate but related energy permitting deal negotiated earlier this year by President Biden and congressional Republicans. The Council on Environmental Quality, part of the Executive Office of the President, on July 31 published its “Phase 2” of a rulemaking… More White House-House GOP Permitting Dispute Erupts

The U.S. Department of Energy isn’t doing enough to help electric utilities face potential shortages of large power transformers (LPTs), which could jeopardize reliability of the nation’s high-voltage transmission grid, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. GAO is the Congressional watchdog agency that reviews executive branch agency performance. In its August… More GAO Examines Big Transformer Issues, DOE Response

The massive, bipartisan Senate’s “National Defense Authorization Act” includes major changes to the regulation of civilian nuclear power by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy, including a 20-year extension of the controversial Price-Anderson insurance subsidy for nuclear power plants. The Senate DOD bill, which passed 86-11, includes the entire “Accelerating Deployment… More Senate DOD Money Bill Includes Extended Price-Anderson Civilian Nuke Subsidy