Environmental activists have long recognized blocking new pipeline construction can be a more effective strategy for keeping fossil fuels in the ground
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Currents: Energy Industry Insights August 2018 #4
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By Alison Nelson | Husch Blackwell LLP
On August 21, 2018, the EPA released a prepublication copy of its proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule
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EPA Lays Down ACE: What’s In The Trump Administration’s Clean Energy Rule?
By Bethany Gullman, Brandon Kirkham & Darrin Munoz | Faegre Baker Daniels
The EPA released the long-awaited proposed rule to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan
The Affordable Clean Energy Rule
By Rose-Marie Carlisle, Bernard Hawkins, Jr., Wendy Wilkie Parker & Steven Shparber | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just issued its proposed rule to replace the Clean Power Plan
EPA Proposes Affordable Clean Energy Rule To Replace Clean Power Plan
By Brook Detterman & Grant Tolley | Beveridge & Diamond PC
On August 21, 2018, the EPA proposed the Affordable Clean Energy rule to establish guidelines for states to develop plans to address greenhouse gas emissions from certain existing fossil-fuel-fired power plants
With EPA unveiling its proposed new rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, there’s already lots of discussion of whether the proposal is an improvement over the rule it would replace – whether a regime may focus on the utility sector as a system or needs to focus on individual sources. Be that as… Keep reading →
RFS Is Still Broken, And Consumers Still Need Protection
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
With EPA receiving public input this week on its proposed ethanol volumes for 2019 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), it’s important to stay focused on the potential negative impacts of a broken Washington policy — on consumers and the fuel market. Yes, we know that America’s energy renaissance in natural gas and oil production has accomplished the… Keep reading →
FERC Approves Pipeline Despite Concern Over Controversial Business Arrangement
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the proposed Spire STL Pipeline. Blessings for the controversial 66-mile project come even though St. Louis already enjoys excess capacity from other pipelines, and despite the fact that the only customer of the pipeline, Spire Missouri, does not actually have any growth in customer demand. It is estimated… Keep reading →
FERC Waves Red Flag Over Federal Power Act General Jurisdiction In ERCOT
By Abram Hewitt Rose III | Holland & Knight LLP
FERC has issued an otherwise routine order in AEP Energy Partners, Inc.
Currents – Energy Industry Insights: August 2018
By William Herlihy & Nicholas Preservati | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
The new head of the EPA sent a staff-wide memo laying out steps the agency is taking to increase transparency
