The composition of tomorrow’s electricity generation mix dominates many of the energy policy debates held today. Reliability and affordability must remain prominent factors in the electricity sector transition already underway, but given the challenge posted by climate change, attention must be paid to the environmental impact of electricity sources. Efforts must be undertaken at the national, state, and local levels to facilitate energy innovation and company-driven and federally-sponsored research and development activities.
The Supreme Court today began to rein in EPA's regulatory overreach by ruling that EPA must take into consideration costs when it implements rules. Here are five must read lines from Justice Scalia’s 5-4 majority opinion in Michigan vs. EPA: 1.“EPA refused to consider whether the costs of its
There are many aspects of the EIA analysis of EPA’s Clean Power Plan that are worthy of comment, but for the purposes of this testimony I will limit myself to three main points: 1. EIA’s assessment of EPA’s plan demonstrates that the economic costs exceed the climate benefits by a wide margin; 2
The EPA is expected to finalize its “Clean Power Plan”—sweeping new regulations that aim to transform the U.S. electricity system—sometime in the next 90 days. When it does, all eyes will quickly turn their attention away from Washington, DC and toward state capitals, as states scramble to come to
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn’t been shy about touting the alleged economic and environmental benefits of its proposed Clean Power Plan. But a recent analysis just released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical arm of the Department of Energy, tells a very different story.
Today a three judge panel of the D.C. Circuit held that it would not preemptively stop EPA's proposed "Clean Power Plan" before it is finalized by the EPA. But don't be fooled by those who will claim victory on this judicial decision: today's decision did not rubberstamp the legality of EPA's
The Congressional mandate to understand and safeguard the reliability of our electric grid has traditionally resided with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the individual states that regulate the generation of electricity within their borders. Pursuant to its proposed Clean Power
When consumers pay their electricity bills each month, they probably don't give it much thought. While many probably expect to see higher bills when the heat or air conditioning have to run, they may not realize how much variance there is between states in the cost of electricity. Each year, the
In short, the CPP is fundamentally incompatible with numerous practical and technical aspects of America’s electricity system, and would represent a vast expansion of the agency’s regulatory reach into the authority held by states and other federal regulatory agencies. The Partnership urges the