Groups Ask EPA to Extend Comment Period for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Proposed Rule
The American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to allow for an additional 60 days for parties to comment on an EPA proposed rule to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.
EPA Issues Rules to Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency on May 11 issued its long-awaited proposed rules to limit carbon dioxide emissions from the new, existing, modified, and reconstructed power plants. The rules would regulate new gas-fired combustion turbines, existing coal plants and certain large and base-loaded existing gas plants.
Researchers Use Machine Learning To Better Understand Urban Energy Use
Researchers in Drexel University in Philadelphia have developed a way to use machine learning to aid energy reduction strategies in an urban setting.
Groups Say Interim GHG Guidance Threatens Ability to Deliver Reliable, Affordable Power
The Council on Environmental Quality’s interim National Environmental Policy Act guidance on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change “misses the mark” and threatens the ability of the public power utilities and rural electric cooperatives to provide affordable and reliable electricity to the communities they serve, the American Public Power Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association said.
EPA Proposes to Strengthen, Update Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Coal-Fired Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency on April 5 proposed to strengthen and update the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal-fired power plants.
EPA Issues Final Rule Aimed at Cutting Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Plants, Industrial Sources
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on March 15 issued a final rule that seeks to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants and industrial sources that contribute to problems attaining and maintain EPA’s 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards in downwind states.
EPA Proposes Stronger Limits on Water Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency on March 8 proposed to strengthen wastewater discharge standards that apply to coal-fired power plants.
APPA Weighs In On EPA’s Proposed Clean Air Act State Plan Implementing Regulations
The American Public Power Association recently weighed in on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Air Act Section 111(d) implementing regulations, with APPA recommending a federal plan timeline no shorter than 18 months and voicing concerns with the timeframe to submit state plans.
Department of Energy Announces Over $2 Billion in Funding for Carbon Capture Pilots, Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $2.52 billion in funding for carbon capture pilots and a carbon capture demonstration projects program.
EPA Reaffirms Underpinnings of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 17 issued a final rule that reaffirmed the scientific, economic, and legal underpinnings of the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants, which required significant reductions of mercury, acid gases, and other harmful pollutants.