Obama Administration Seeks $6 Billion Budget for RUS Program with Similar Previously-Rejected Restrictions on Lending
Posted on Feb 6, 2015 in Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Obama Administration Seeks $6 Billion Budget for RUS Program with Similar Previously-Rejected Restrictions on Lending
The Obama administration is pursuing a $6 billion budget for the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Electric Loan program’s 2016 fiscal year, a $500 million increase over the program’s 2015 fiscal year. Reflecting the administration’s goal of phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, this budget has allocated $3 billion for environmental updates to existing fossil-fuel plants and another $3...
Utility Groups Urge Eighth Circuit to Uphold Ruling against Minnesota’s NGEA
Posted on Feb 5, 2015 in Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Utility Groups Urge Eighth Circuit to Uphold Ruling against Minnesota’s NGEA
Passed in 2007, in an effort to combat climate change, Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA) prohibits any new power sources that, after offsetting reductions elsewhere, produce or supply 50 or more MWs and increase carbon dioxide emissions from being added to Minnesota’s energy mix. Utility groups claim that the law violates the dormant Commerce Clause by extending the...
NRECA Urges EPA to Maintain Current Ozone Standard
Posted on Feb 3, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Urges EPA to Maintain Current Ozone Standard
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed additional restrictions on ozone standards. The newer standards would be very costly to power plants, which might require owners to choose between implementing expensive emissions controls for coal and natural gas-fired units or shutting such units down. Carol Whitman, senior environmental principal at the National Rural...
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