Monday, February 27, 2017

Sonia Altieri Receives EPA Gold Award

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald Sonia Altieri has received the EPA Gold Award.  The recognition was given at EPA's Offi...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

So. Cal Air Regulators Should Not Ignore San Onofre Nuclear Plant

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Air quality regulators are considering seeking an increase in vehicle registration fees for millions of Southern California drivers to hel...
Friday, August 19, 2016

The Legal Case FOR the FitzPatrick Sale & NY State Nuclear Subsidies

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Exelon Corp. agreed to purchase the FitzPatrick nuclear plant for $110 million only after New York regulators agreed to subsidize the facil...
Friday, August 05, 2016

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Apple, Inc, which is spending $850 million on a 130-megawatt solar farm near San Francisco over 25 years, can begin selling power into whole...
Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Exelon Nuclear Plants Getting Assistance in New York and Maybe in Illinois

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Norris McDonald at Fitzpatrick The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to pass the Clean Energy Standard (CES) supporting the...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) Allowance Trading Program Ends

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Dear CAIR Designated Representatives and Authorized Account Representatives: As you know, the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) trading prog...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Exelon Would Save FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant If State Okays Subsidies

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Entergy aims to sell FitzPatrick nuclear plant by mid-August Entergy Corp. has confirmed that it is negotiating to  sell the FitzPatr...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Subsidies For New York Nuclear Power Plants?

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State utility regulators today released a proposal to subsidize Upstate nuclear plants with annual payments totaling an estimated $482 milli...
Friday, July 01, 2016

Low Gasoline Prices At The Pump

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The national average for gasoline is $2.29 a gallon. That’s 48 cents cheaper than last year on the same date and 4 cents cheaper than a m...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Compton To Catalina Program - Trip 6

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The Center conducted its 6th Compton To Catalina Island Trip on Friday, December 5, 2014. The trip included the following participants: Dimo...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

NRECA Names Former U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson New CEO

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Norris McDonald, Jim Matheson, Jim Lyon Circa 1983 Christmas In April Weatherization Program, Washington, DC The National Rural Elec...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

SCOTUS Leaves Intact EPA Mercury Rule

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The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a key Obama administration environmental regulation, refusing to take up an appeal from 20 states ...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Energy

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald I have worked on energy issues for 36 years and felt that I had a pretty good handle on th...

Electricity Generation By Energy Source

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In 2015, the United States generated about 4 trillion kilowatthours of electricity. 1   About 67% of the electricity generated was fro...

Two Pacific Northwest Coal Terminal Proposals Denied

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In a decision issued on May 9, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) denied permit applications for a coal export terminal on Puget S...
Friday, May 27, 2016

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Friday, April 29, 2016

H.R. 4979: Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016

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We support passage of the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016 [ H.R. 4979 ]. H.R. 4979 was introduced earlier this month ...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

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The California Department of Water Resources recently wrapped up the public comment period for its draft regulations on Groundwater Sustain...