Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal (SB 477) that would outlaw the use of coal-fired electric generation or the purchase of coal-fired power supplies by 2025. Natural gas-fired generation would specifically be prohibited from replacing the lost power supplies.
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee Passes Tribal Energy Bill
The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passed a bill Wednesday designed to simplify federal energy regulations on Indian lands.
February 5, 2015
Obama Administration Axes $1.68B FutureGen Project in Illinois
Two days after releasing a budget peppered with funding initiatives to combat climate change, the Obama administration has canceled a decade-old, $1.68 billion project to retrofit a coal-fired power plant in Illinois that had for a time been considered coal’s future, a successful carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility.
February 4, 2015
Lake Erie Powerline Proposed to Bring Clean Canadian Electricity to U.S.
The Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern United States could plug into growing Canadian clean power sources through a new underwater transmission line under a plan submitted to the National Energy Board (NEB).
February 4, 2015
Obama’s FY2016 Fiscal Plan Would Boost CFTC Budget 29%
Included in President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 (FY2016) is a significant year-to-year increase for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal regulatory agency charged with policing derivatives, futures and swaps markets.
February 3, 2015
Obama Proposed Budget Targets Oil, Gas Industry
President Obama’s nearly $4 trillion budget for fiscal 2016 would eliminate tax credits for the oil and gas industry and force master limited partnerships (MLP) formed by fossil fuel entities to be taxed at a higher rate, while making major investments to combat climate change on several fronts.
February 3, 2015
State Investigators Raid Homes of Former CPUC Chief, PG&E Executive
Investigators from the California Attorney General’s Office reportedly raided the homes of the state’s former chief regulator and a former Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) executive who was fired last year in an e-mail scandal that is still unfolding with state and federal probes ongoing.
February 2, 2015
FERC Says NatGas Nearly Half of New Power Generation in 2014
Natural gas accounted for nearly half of newly installed power generation capacity in 2014, and it currently represents the largest share of installed capacity, according to data from FERC.
February 2, 2015
BC LNG Proposal Out of Limbo, Back in Line-up
Prospects of making a realistically modest, low-cost start on breaking into global trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG) have revived a dormant entry in the lineup of export terminal projects on the Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC).
January 30, 2015
Woodside Gains OK to Ship 4 Bcf/d from BC Pacific Coast Terminal
An Australian entry obtained a license Thursday to try putting Canadian supplies on the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.
January 30, 2015
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