Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Southwest Minnesota and the Dakotas have a lot of wind power—and the potential for even more. Minnesota’s state agencies and regulators should ensure inclusive, equitable siting and permitting processes for these transmission projects that ensure robust public participation and community engagement. Source: MISO LRTP Report.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

EIA is also projecting continued cost reductions and low prices for solar and wind power, such that natural gas and renewable energy are price competitive. This year’s projections are a bit grim. These low gas prices play an interesting role in the US and world energy markets.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Electricity nerds might be writing off the prospect of new gas plant contracts because of the forthcoming Federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER). One is that gas plant contracts signed (or renewed) before 2025 will be able to evade meeting the national CERs beyond 2035 which is when the regulations are supposed to kick in. .

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Frontiers

MAY 25, 2023

Andréen Scientists studied the ‘egress complex’ of Macrotermes michaelseni termites from Namibia, which appears to promote moisture regulation and gas exchange. Living and breathing buildings The authors conclude that the egress complex can enable wind-powered ventilation of termite mounds at weak winds. “We

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2023

Fossil gas prices have skyrocketed in the last year and if the gas plants are forced to shut down due to the coming Federal Clean Electricity Regulations, ratepayers will be on the hook for the bill until the end of the contracts – even if they stop producing electricity because they are too polluting.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. More gas plants, uncertain coal retirements As you may have noticed in the first table toward the top of the page, about 7.4 GW of new gas capacity is planned to come online in 2023, outpacing not only the 4.8

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This action proposes strategic collaboration across Louisiana state agencies and the federal government, transmission planning agencies, energy regulators, and the private sector, to take additional steps to advance development of offshore wind power generation. (Associated Submitted Action Proposals: n/a).

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Cresforum

JANUARY 16, 2024

Increased electrification in both the industrialized and the developing world is projected to help meet emissions reduction goals, and nuclear power could provide much of the future needs for electricity. GAO would be required to conduct a new report on the NRC’s actions to implement the section. Title II of H.R.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

While a wind-powered cargo vessel may seem like a 19 th Century idea, the Grain de Sail may be a herald of a greener future rather than a nostalgic nod to the past. Even if it’s ultimately paired with a renewable fuel like ammonia or hydrogen, harnessing the wind is going to play a key role if we are to decarbonize this sector quickly.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

from the Plan focuses on prioritizing offshore wind strategic planning for outreach, workforce, and impact assessments in order to reach an offshore wind power generation goal of 5 gigawatts by 2035. many other strategies and actions are connected to offshore wind energy development as well. In addition to Action 1.3,

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Create a new City Planning Commission authorization to modify waterfront bulk and public access area regulations to accommodate wind energy systems (i.e., onshore wind turbines) (ZR 62-825). The proposal will now advance to the City Council for final approval.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Critically, and as we’ll discuss in greater depth shortly, hydrogen combustion (as opposed to its use in fuel cells) also leads to greater emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a toxic group of pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

2] New Mexico’s 2021 Legislative Session will consider a bill that would significantly change how the state regulates oil and gas operations. However, Governor Charlie Baker vetoed the bill, citing concerns related to the interim emission target and the requirement that utilities procure more offshore wind power, among others. [7]

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Australia is of course not immune to those challenges facing any new country entering the offshore wind market. First of all, the country will need new regulations and government departments will need to be set up to handle licensing and approvals.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

New Mexico’s 2021 Legislative Session will consider a bill that would significantly change how the state regulates oil and gas operations. However, Governor Charlie Baker vetoed the bill, citing concerns related to the interim emission target and the requirement that utilities procure more offshore wind power, among others. [7]

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The key changes DOE is proposing to make to its categorical exclusions are as follows: Solar PV Projects : DOE’s current NEPA regulations include a categorical exclusion ( Exclusion B5.16 ) for certain categories of solar PV projects.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 22, 2020

The modern electric grid is an economy, albeit a heavily-regulated one. [20]. Usually, the model works like this: consumers want cheap electricity, and the cheapest electricity provider wins the bid to provide that power. [21]. Like most economies, it is driven by supply and demand.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Construction and operation of an interstate natural gas pipeline requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (“FERC”) under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

This really does mean a huge change in our infrastructure with all of these new, greener types of technology, whether it’s solar and wind power, batteries, retrofitting our homes, or smartening our urban infrastructure. It’s easy to regulate, it doesn’t have to be a tax.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

supersede any applicable statute, ordinance, or regulation of any state, local, or regional agency,” id. Specifically, it provides that the commission’s issuance of a certificate shall: “be in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document required by any state, local, or regional agency,” id. b)(1) (emphasis added); and.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 30, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Thursday finalized their strategy on the protection of endangered North Atlantic right whales in the offshore wind power development process.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

These diversions are inconsistent with New York State regulations aimed at ensuring the proceeds of the auctions would be spent on new programs to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If the Senate proposal is approved, the diversions will total $269 million—nearly 30% of the $925.8

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. The groups said FERC’s review was at odds with EPA and Council on Environmental Quality guidance, caselaw, and the NEPA regulations. The court ordered EPA to file a plan and schedule for compliance within 14 days.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This regulation requires 100% of new medium- and heavy-duty trucks (anything from delivery vans to big rigs) sold in California to be zero emissions by 2036 and 100% of large fleets to be zero emissions by 2045. But it also would require California to give up some of its energy autonomy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Investing in renewable and battery storage: Under DTE’s proposed plan, the company would add 15,400 megawatts (MW) of new solar and wind power by 2042, which it says is enough to power approximately 4 million homes. DTE currently has 3,000 MW of existing and approved solar and wind resources.)

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Legal Planet

JULY 22, 2021

One of the most important success stories for climate policy has been its ability to dramatically reduce the cost of various renewable energy technologies such as wind power and solar photovoltaics – and the same cost reduction appears to be occurring for battery storage as well.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2022

Using collective power, she sees people demanding their cities adopt disaster mitigation plans to ensure they’re not left vulnerable to the next disaster as they try to rebuild. We need to build our infrastructure with extreme heat, tornadoes, and other extreme weather events in mind to help keep us safe.

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Acoel

JULY 30, 2021

Like Dangerfield, advocates for the clean energy technology known as offshore wind power (OSW) have confronted a regulatory field of danger from hesitant environmental and utility regulators, legislators, beachfront home owners, and a most difficult set of critics—fishermen. Fishermen were here first.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. And not just that, but Texas is by far the biggest producer of oil, with a governor who has pledged to protect the industry from climate regulation at all cost. It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity. 14] The average age of a unit of wind or solar is 6.3

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

However, Bitcoin’s lack of intrinsic value, the ease with which it can be lost, its lack of regulation, and its price volatility are not the only aspects of digital gold that have been criticised. Estimates have suggested that the total energy consumed to send and receive money is more than 19 European countries and approximately 0.7%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Energy from the sun and wind never runs out and is used again and again. Rechargeable large-scale batteries can be charged with solar or wind power and cycled thousands of times in their lifetime. How are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made? A circular battery life cycle is possible.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Bradford County [PaEN] -- The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

And, indeed, while wind turbines north of Texas functioned more or less as intended, during the cold snap, they produced very little power for their grids. [11] 11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. A wind farm owned by General Electric around 50km south of Berlin, Germany. If Germany is to stop buying gas from Russia in the long term, it will need alternatives.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The first approach is more ambitious and would push the boundaries of past market regulation, though in ways that are consistent with both the law and FERC practice. In light of the urgent need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, perhaps a little ambition is exactly what’s needed.

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Acoel

MARCH 8, 2023

Siting and regulating public utility installations of any kind often invite public opposition based on concerns about property values, neighborhood amenities, traffic, noise, water, and other environmental issues. Extensive coordination and consultation work is a must to move these projects forward. See [link].

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