The U.S. Energy Department on Feb. 11 launched the $6 billion nuclear credits program approved by Congress in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, enacted in November 2021, to provide federal aid to existing financially-challenged nuclear plants at risk of closing. The agency released a request for information (RFI) about various parameters of the program,…...
Environmental and clean energy organizations, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). The SEEM proposal was originally submitted by large southeast utilities such as…...
Long-term planning strategies of electric utilities across the U.S. reflect the growing trend towards phasing out coal-fired power generation while embracing renewables. Coal power plants account for 85 percent of electric generating capacity scheduled to retire in the U.S. during 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy on Feb. 10 announced funds of $5 billion to be made accessible via the new National Electric Vehicles Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, to develop a national electric vehicle charging network, an imperative step towards expanding access to EV charging infrastructure. The program intends to provide the funding across…...
A coalition of environmental groups on Feb. 7 asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a stop-work order halting all construction activity on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 304-mile proposed natural gas pipeline stretching from West Virginia to Virginia. The move follows two recent decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth…...