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Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue

PA Environment Daily

On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. Locher said the Keystone and Conemaugh facilities announced they will close by 2028. Read more here. “As

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PJM Interconnection Hears Testimony On Making Electricity Market Reforms To Address Nonperformance Of Natural Gas And Other Generators During Winter Storm Elliot; Transition To Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

On August 23, the PJM Interconnection Critical Issue Fast Path Resource Adequacy stakeholder group heard testimony and suggestions on the issue of making electricity market changes to address nonperformance of natural gas and other generators during emergencies and events like Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here.

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Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant To Close In Indiana County; Low Price Of Natural Gas, High Price Of Coal, Regulatory Burdens, RGGI Cited As Causes

PA Environment Daily

Homer City based its decision on several factors including the low price of natural gas, a dramatic spike in the cost of its ongoing coal supply, unseasonably warm winters and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. On April 3, Homer City Generation, L.P. Homer City will see tiered layoffs as a result.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.10.24

PA Environment Daily

17 [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Jan. 18 [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PUC Commissioners Ask For Permanent Federal Low-Income Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance -- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Woods & Water Film Series Jan. 19 & Feb. 19 & Feb. 19 & Feb.

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NRDC: PJM Interconnection Delays In Queue To Approve Renewable Energy Projects Threatens State Transition To Clean Energy; PJM Has Approved 35,000 MW Of Renewables

PA Environment Daily

[PJM also said at the same hearing there is such a high percentage of renewable new energy generation seeking to connect to the PJM grid because renewable energy is cheaper than natural gas and nuclear. Read more here.] For context, there were 200 GW of clean energy resources operating in the entire U.S.

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Germany’s early nuclear shutdown came with a heavy carbon price?

A Greener Life

If these reactors were kept in operation, a complete exit from coal would be possible by 2028, ten years earlier than Angela Merkel’s government has planned. which aims to use science so nature can thrive, and executed by Think Atom, a Finland-based not-for-profit research firm.

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Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit  

Cresforum

The United States has natural advantages for hydrogen production because of its ample availability of feedstocks, storage, and adaptable natural gas supply infrastructure. Growth in the U.S. hydrogen market is also estimated to result in an additional 27,000 jobs by 2030. According to one estimate , the U.S.