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Republican Presidential Candidates Debate On Economy In New Hampshire

Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s so-called grid reliability study will be nothing more than thinly-veiled propaganda for the coal industry and a tool to justify expensive government handouts to outdated power plants. How do we know? The tactic is ripped straight from FirstEnergy’s well-worn subsidy playbook. The Ohio-based utility has relentlessly sought a massive, customer-funded bailout… Keep reading →

May Washington Update

Congress Reconvenes After Midterm Elections

This month’s Washington Update provides insight into a number of energy-related developments at the federal level, including President Trump’s recently proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018.

Republican Presidential Candidates Debate On Economy In New Hampshire

Among Rick Perry’s first acts as Secretary of Energy was calling for a 60-day “study” of whether any policies or regulations have led to the premature retirement of coal or nuclear plants. I – and many others in the clean energy industry – are concerned this so-called study will amount to little more than a… Keep reading →

Renewable Energy Update – May 2017 #3

The EPA Proposes Stricter Standards For Smog Limit

The Trump administration is expected to propose massive cuts to federal government research on wind and solar energy, according to current and former Energy Department officials familiar with budget discussions

OPAL Pipeline To Connect To Baltic Sea

Today, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and the Ground Water Protection Council published a new report entitled “Underground Gas Storage Regulatory Considerations: A Guide for State and Federal Regulatory Agencies.” Like the title says, the report helps regulators make decisions that will ultimately make gas storage facilities across the country safer and more… Keep reading →

Renewable Energy Update – April 2017 #3

Germany Seeks Ambitious Goals For Renewable Energy

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has ordered a departmental review of the electricity grid.

OPAL Pipeline To Connect To Baltic Sea

On January 24, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed a slate of executive orders and presidential memoranda focused on pipeline and other infrastructure projects.

California Faces Continued Energy Woes

A new study cites gigawatt-hours’ worth of opportunity in customer energy flexibility, but little opportunity for old-school load shedding. California has gigawatt-hours of grid-balancing available in homes, offices, factories and farms that can “shape” and “shift” their energy usage, and a smaller but still valuable market for fast-responding “shimmy” resources. But it has very little… Keep reading →

The Trump Energy Agenda – The Early Days Of President Trump And Secretary Of Energy – Designee Rick Perry

National Renewable Energy Lab Tests Green Energies In Colorado

In one of his first executive actions, President Trump has placed a freeze on new government hires (excepting the military).

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Takes Japan's Maglev Test Ride

Last week, DOE announced that transportation sector CO2 emissions in the US exceeded power sector CO2 emissions for the first time since 1978.

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