Arkansas PSC Approves New Environmental Controls for Coal Plant
Posted on Jul 11, 2013 in Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Arkansas PSC Approves New Environmental Controls for Coal Plant
The Flint Creek coal-fired generation plant in Arkansas will undergo a $408 million makeover to install air pollutant controls required by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the request made by Flint Creek’s owners Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Read more...
Colorado’s New Renewable Energy Law Under Review
Posted on Jul 11, 2013 in Legislative & Politics, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Colorado’s New Renewable Energy Law Under Review
A committee organized to review Colorado’s new renewable energy law will consider whether the law is feasible and how costs associated with compliance may be recovered. The law requires that 20 percent of a utility’s power supply come from renewables by 2020 with no more than a 2 percent rate increase to pay for the associated costs. At the committee’s first meeting, Tri-State...
NRECA Supports FERC Proposal
Posted on Jul 10, 2013 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Supports FERC Proposal
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) filed a formal comment in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) regarding the requirements of the Reliability Standard. The NOPR proposes to reject and remand a proposed interpretation of BAL-002-1 Disturbance Control Performance, Requirements R4 and R5 filed by the...
Coop Leads Campaign Against New EPA Plan
Posted on Jul 10, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coop Leads Campaign Against New EPA Plan
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) is leading a campaign against an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to reduce atmospheric haze. According to Basin and other electric cooperatives, the EPA’s plan, which would place tighter restrictions on coal-fired power plants in Wyoming, would increase electricity rates for consumers by requiring additional pollution-control...
Cooperative Research Network Studies Potential Uses for Coal Ash
Posted on Jul 10, 2013 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on Cooperative Research Network Studies Potential Uses for Coal Ash
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Cooperative Research Network (CRN) and the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research have spent more than two years conducting research on coal ash. The research is important because coops rely heavily upon coal-based generation, and the Environmental Protection Agency has raised the possibility of regulating coal ash...
Proposed EPA Runoff Guidelines May Create More Costs Than Benefits
Posted on Jul 3, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Proposed EPA Runoff Guidelines May Create More Costs Than Benefits
In compliance with a recent settlement agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed effluent limitation guidelines for power plants. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is concerned that the proposed guidelines, which will affect coal-fired units with wet flue gas desulfurization systems or wet ash handling, could cost electric cooperatives...
Supreme Court to Consider Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Posted on Jul 2, 2013 in Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Supreme Court to Consider Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. This rule aims to limit emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide produced from coal-generated power in upwind states, which in turn hampers downwind states from meeting national ambient air quality standards in accordance with the Clean Air Act’s “good...
NRECA Warns CFTC Not to Expand Definition of “Swap Dealer”
Posted on Jun 26, 2013 in Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Warns CFTC Not to Expand Definition of “Swap Dealer”
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has signed on to a letter with other energy trade associations insisting that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) refrain from lowering the swap threshold from $8 billion to $3 billion. This change would have the effect of expanding the definition of “swap dealer” to include commercial end-users. Such an...
NRECA to Oppose Certain Power Plant Rules in Obama Climate Plan
Posted on Jun 25, 2013 in Climate Change, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA to Oppose Certain Power Plant Rules in Obama Climate Plan
Due to concerns that power plant regulations would impose enormous costs on vulnerable citizens, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has stated that it intends to oppose any effort to use Obama’s Clean Air Act to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. While the climate plan, which was slated for release on June 25, has been widely expected to address rules to limit...
House Will Consider Coal Ash Bill
Posted on Jun 24, 2013 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on House Will Consider Coal Ash Bill
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted on June 20 in favor of a measure that would set up a new state-run program to manage and dispose of coal ash. The vote will send a bill, backed by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, regulating coal ash impoundments at power plants to the House floor for the second time in less than three years. The Environmental...
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