About 1,000 natural gas-fired power plants that provide energy at periods of peak demand could be excluded from the toughest standards under EPA’s upcoming carbon rules.
Nevada regulators have approved an NV Energy plan to build a natural gas-fired power plant they say will help address system reliability as weather grows more extreme and unpredictable across the region.
The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Richard Glick, may see his efforts to put climate change at the forefront of federal energy policy cost him his job.
Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to require coal- and gas-fired power plants to begin paying to emit carbon dioxide took a step forward on Wednesday when a regulatory review board voted that the rule is in the public interest.
