Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States dropped 1.9 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, driven by a drop in emissions for the power sector, according to new research from the Rhodium Group.
It marks the first time since the 2020 pandemic that GHG emissions dropped and the economy grew, by... Read More »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed rule that seeks to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.
The proposal calls for assessing a charge on certain large emitters of waste methane from the oil and gas sector that exceed emissions levels set by Congress. The... Read More »
According to a new Short-Term Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), solar electric generation will likely dominate growth in the power sector through 2025, boosting solar’s overall share of total generation.
Over the course of 2025, solar is expected to account... Read More »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted Louisiana’s Office of Conservation state authority over the permitting and regulation of its wells and projects related to the underground sequestration of CO2.
Permitting of those operations is generally handled by the EPA, but ... Read More »
A group of U.S. senators are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise a proposed rule on power plant emissions.
The proposal would set new emissions standards and limits for new gas-fired combustion turbines, existing coal, oil and gas-fired steam generating units, and ... Read More »
New Jersey’s PSE&G files its first scheduled rate case in nearly six years Friday with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
A required filing, the rate case is a comprehensive electric and gas rate case that aims to recover capital investments made to modernize the state’s electric and ... Read More »
Xcel Energy proposed a new initiative to start off the new year -- a $58 million, five-year Natural Gas Innovation Plan in Minnesota.
The proposal includes a portfolio of pilot projects across an array of technologies that have the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the natur... Read More »
The Canadian corporation Capital Power finished out 2023 by acquiring a 50.15 percent interest in the Frederickson 1 Generating Station in Pierce County, Washington for $97.5 million.
Purchased from Atlantic Power & Utilities, the move will grant Capital Power a majority stake in the 265 MW natu... Read More »
Work continues under Consumers Energy of Michigan’s Natural Gas Delivery Plan, with 30 miles of pipeline replaced across three counties in 2023, and the filing of a new natural gas rate case with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC).
Investments like these are meant to reduce long-term... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) officially appointed seven industry representatives to serve on its new Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR) initiative this week, as a means to better energy system maintenance and improvement by the gas and electric indu... Read More »