PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN] -- TribLive: Plum School District Working To Cover Costs Of Adding Electric Buses To Fleet -- WHYY: Philly Property Owners Could Soon Face Fines If Their Electric Vehicle Chargers Don’t Work Help Wanted -- Sustainable Pittsburgh Executive Director Joylette Portlock, Ph.D

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

These tax cuts, which are set to expire under current law, plus additional spending priorities, come at a steep cost, estimated at approximately $5-6 trillion. One of the best ways to reduce transportation pollution is by switching to electric. Tax credits supporting the clean energy transition.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Tioga County [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Commonwealth Court Rules Elizabeth Twp., In Allegheny County Violated Its Own Zoning Ordinance To Allow Shale Gas Well Pad, Pipeline To Be Built In A Residential Area -- Environmental Hearing Board Denies Request To End Appeal Of Catalyst Energy, Inc.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

million in Allegheny Electric Cooperative. The funding is expected to support the cooperative’s investment in 25 megawatts of clean energy, which will help serve the electricity needs of approximately 235,000 households served by Allegheny’s 14-member electric distribution cooperatives. USDA is also investing $20.5

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Greg Rothman (R-Cumberland) -- TribLive Guest Essay: Summer’s Triple Threat - Energy Bills Rising, Grids Straining, Help Shrinking - By Destenie Nock, Peoples Energy Analytics -- Tribune-Democrat: 114 MW Wind Farm Under Construction At Rock Run ATV Park In Cambria County [ PDF of Article ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy Receives $22.7

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

Of Justice Agreement -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

Electricity! electricity generation for a whole month March 2025 thanks to record-high solar and wind power, according to data released by energy think tank Ember. Were going to install electricity infrastructure in all buildings regardless, said Kasia Kosmala-Dahlbeck at the UC Berkeley. Pods of the Week Gov.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Allan Marks is a partner at Milbank LLP and a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law. Trump vociferously favors fossil fuels and has criticized renewables, especially wind power and electric vehicles. In short, the rule of law gives investors confidence.

2025

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Build On, Not Kill, Clean Energy Momentum - by Adam Forgie, Mayor, Turtle Creek Borough -- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov. Bartolotta, Sen.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

Consider the story of Emma Rose Shore, a UCLA Law student and summer law fellow at the Emmett Institute. Which is why Dan McCarthy at Canary Media calls it “a law not of creation but of destruction.” “I think this reduction in staff is going to have echoes for years to come,” Dreyfus said. It’s future ones too.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

“We especially thank Senators Ernst, Grassley, Murkowski, Curtis, and others for their courageous leadership preventing an onerous tax on wind and solar power from becoming reality and tempering the abrupt phase-out of critical tax provisions for homegrown American renewable energy.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

On April 4, the PJM Interconnection sent a letter to the President supporting Presidential exemptions from the federal Clean Air Act requested by 13,900 MW of electric generation in the PJM region. Photos: Keystone and Conemaugh power plants.) Click Here for a copy of the PJM letter.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Centers Share The Blame, States Feel Pressure To Act [PA Included] -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. Impacting Energy Production And Prices? -- Inside Climate News: Why Electricity Prices Are Soaring In The PJM Grid Region Explained In 5 Charts -- PA Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Aug. How Is A.I.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Have Enough Electricity For A.I. Data Centers Share The Blame, States Feel Pressure To Act [PA Included] -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. Here are Articles and NewsClips on A.I.

Nuclear Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 20, 2024

It turns out school buses are at the leading edge of the transition to electric heavy-duty vehicles. But just in case there was any doubt, UCS crunched the numbers to compare the different types of school buses from gasoline and diesel-powered option, to natural gas, electric and yes – even propane. Why not 100 percent?

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Earlier this month, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service hosted a public hearing on their recent proposed rules governing implementation of the Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit and the Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit. My testimony is copied below.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) sets a bold goal for the state—no carbon pollution from electricity generation by 2045, which means zero global warming emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants. CEJA also extends the state’s successful energy efficiency programs and expands the savings goals utilities must meet.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

There’s good news in the recently released official data on electricity generation in the United States in 2022: renewable energy has continued to grow, coal power has continued to drop, and renewables are now firmly ahead of coal for the first time ever. percent of the country’s electricity supply (up 1.1 It supplied 10.5

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The results include two developers cancelling their offshore wind power contracts with states and utilities, another cancelling two projects altogether, and hesitation elsewhere. The good news-bad news balance, though, would seem to tip decidedly in favor of a whole lot more offshore wind. The US offshore wind map.

Electricity

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

But Nebraska has a unique approach to supplying electricity that provided a different pathway to climate action. Unlike any other state, Nebraska decided not to have private electric utilities. Instead, all of the state’s power comes from publicly owned utilities. During the 2010s, wind power went from 1% of generation to 20%.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Here are five key takeaways from this year’s AEO, focused primarily on the electricity sector: 1. This year’s projections are a bit grim. Carbon emissions remain high.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022. Different batteries may be ideal in settings where charging speed is not a factor, such as utility-scale electricity storage.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and building a resilient, renewable energy grid through energy storage batteries. By 2050, battery recycling could supply 22 to 27% of lithium, 40 to 46% of nickel, and 45 to 52% of cobalt needed for electric vehicles in the US.

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

What happens when promise of electricity reliability fails in bad weather? How can gas power plant owners claim to be reliable but fail to make adequate efforts to purchase fuel? We know that consumers pay for electricity reliability and bear the cost when supplies are tight.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. Energy from the sun and wind never runs out and is used again and again. Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition.

Renewable Energy

Law and Environment

MAY 4, 2023

The gold standard—so-called “ green ” hydrogen—is hydrogen produced via electrolysis using renewable electricity from wind or solar. When water and electricity are introduced to the electrolyzer, water splits at the anode into oxygen and positively charged hydrogen ions. What’s with the colors?

Carbon Monoxide

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This post was originally published on the Law and Political Economy blog as part of a symposium on inflation. To understand the scale and scope of these price increases, in other words, we also need to look at the rules that have been adopted to govern the specific ways of price making in natural gas and electricity markets.

Natural Gas

E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The changes are designed to support a renewable energy grid, make buildings more energy efficient, support the use of electric vehicles, and reduce waste and stormwater runoff. This will provide greater flexibility for electric equipment such as heat pumps. The proposal will now advance to the City Council for final approval.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In discussing the late December winter storm that nearly led to rolling blackouts in the MidAtlantic region of 65 million people, Yaw suggested that increasing amounts of renewable energy were to blame for the near-miss and condemned neighboring states for adopting policies that “emphasize solar and wind power over natural gas.”

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. Law § 94-c(2)(h). Credit: New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting. b)(1) (emphasis added); and. emphasis added). 94-c(5)(b); and.

Law

A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2024

This was recently the case with a new law to boost renewable energy in the alpine country. The government had grown concerned that as the demand for electricity in Switzerland was increasing, supply was not. The increased demand was partly due to the increase in electric vehicles and heat pumps.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This blog post is adapted from testimony delivered at the New York City Department of Buildings hearing on proposed rule §103-14 , Procedures for Reporting on and Complying with Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Certain Buildings in connection with the City’s building performance standard, Local Law 97. Additionality.

Law

Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental laws. Yet Mainers are questioning whether to accept a new 145-mile electric transmission line that will bring hydropower from Quebec into the New England power grid, removing 3.0

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Offshore wind developers, Orsted , Shell and Equinor have already shown a strong interest in helping. Onshore wind currently accounts for 10% of Australia’s electricity needs. The country does not yet have any offshore wind farms built or any in planning or development, but there are plans to change this fast.

Clean Energy

Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

For the part below, the useful overview by Energie-Nederland, industry association for the producers, suppliers and traders of electricity, gas and heat, has been used as a source. CDA mentions that the bill should be paid from the general budget rather than via the electricity bill. in the upcoming government period).

Renewable Energy

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

On the other hand, the dramatic rise in renewable electricity generation, particularly wind power, has created a need for construction of new transmission lines to bring electricity to market. Current law on the subject is a hodgepodge. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. appeared first on.

Fossil Fuels