Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, announced that 15 percent of the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust will be used to deploy electric transit buses across Virginia, according to an Oct. 31 press release. The Department of Environmental Quality which is tasked with implementing Virginia’s allocation of $93.6 million from the Volkswagen settlement will provide the funding…
The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a settlement raising the annual depreciation expenses of DTE Electric Co. by about $90 million – lower than the utility’s $156 million request – for coal, wind, and solar power generation plants. The agreement does not apply to the utility’s coal plants that are scheduled to retire in the…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to replace the agency’s 2015 rule that requires new coal powered generation units to install partial carbon capture and storage technology to lower emissions, according to a Dec. 6 press release. The agency said that the technology, which is costly and limited geographically, discourages new coal developments. The revision…
BP Energy Company, Equinor Natural Gas LLC, and Shell NA LNG LLC filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Dec. 4 alleging that Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG LP imposed fuel costs associated with a “2004 terminal expansion” on each of them, violating commission regulations. LNG import facilities that were initially certified…