Utilities

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Dealers Fight Fuel Rules, Utility MACT Rule, Fracking Disclosure

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Dealers Fight Fuel Rules, Utility MACT Rule, Fracking Disclosure Auto dealers are fighting the Obama administration's tough new fuel economy standards, taking the place of car companies that agreed to adopt an average efficiency target ...

November 2, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy Department Probe, Arizona Copper Mining, Cape Wind Setback

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy Department Probe, Arizona Copper Mining, Cape Wind Setback President Obama has promised House Republicans investigating the government's aid to to the now-bankrupt solar firm Solyndra that a former business executive will lead an independent ...

October 31, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Chemical Standard, Singapore Ecolabel, WEEE

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Chemical Standard, Singapore Ecolabel, WEEE ANSI on Wednesday unveiled a new standard that establishes criteria for comparing chemicals and processes. The standard, NSF/GCI/ANSI 355 Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard, was ...

October 27, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for ConocoPhillips and Sherwin-Williams

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for ConocoPhillips and Sherwin-WilliamsThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it has published three final rules on Thursday, dramatically shaking up the payment method for transmission, particularly in the ...

October 21, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ethanol Cuts, South Africa Carbon Fines, Cuba Offshore Drilling

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ethanol Cuts, South Africa Carbon Fines, Cuba Offshore Drilling Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) introduced an amendment to the chamber's 2012 agriculture appropriations bill on Tuesday that would block the government from funding gas station "blender" ...

October 19, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Gas Tax, EPA Lawsuits, California Recycling Law

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Gas Tax, EPA Lawsuits, California Recycling Law China will impose a nationwide value-based sales tax on oil and natural gas beginning next month, Bloomberg reported. The country's Ministry of Finance said the ...

October 12, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Conflict, Wisconsin Wind Rules, Coal Ash Pushback

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Conflict, Wisconsin Wind Rules, Coal Ash Pushback The State Department allowed a company with close financial ties to TransCanada to perform a crucial environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, ...

October 10, 2011

Cabot Wins Utility Incentive for Saving 4m kWh

Cabot Wins Utility Incentive for Saving 4m kWhCabot Corporation has won $271,000 in incentives from utility Ameren Illinois for carrying out energy efficiency projects that saved about 4 million kWh at ...

October 7, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New House Bills, EU Airline Lawsuit, Mountaintop Removal

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New House Bills, EU Airline Lawsuit, Mountaintop RemovalThe House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to block the EPA's proposed rule to reduce emissions from large cement manufacturing plants, The New ...

October 7, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Another EPA Rule Eased, Veto Threat, PA Shale Fees

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Another EPA Rule Eased, Veto Threat, PA Shale Fees The EPA will ease emissions restrictions on 27 states in its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, the latest retreat for the agency under fire from industry and ...

October 5, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Loan Guarantees, Keystone XL Delays, Merck Penalty

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Loan Guarantees, Keystone XL Delays, Merck PenaltyThe Energy Department has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two large-scale solar projects, just before the Sept. 30 deadline expires for the ...

September 30, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fuel Standard Delay, Wind Project Scuttled, DOE Policy Shift Proposed

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fuel Standard Delay, Wind Project Scuttled, DOE Policy Shift ProposedThe EPA and Transport Department are delaying new fuel efficiency standards until mid-November, saying they had to process a high volume of comments and complete technical ...

September 28, 2011

Bush Brothers, Dairyland Partner on Wastewater Energy Plant

Bush Brothers, Dairyland Partner on Wastewater Energy PlantDairyland Power Partners plans to to buy electricity created by an anaerobic wastewater system at a Bush Brothers & Co. plant in Augusta, Wis. The digester plant ...

September 26, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: TRAIN Act, Pa. Shale Ruling, Ethanol Cutbacks

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: TRAIN Act, Pa. Shale Ruling, Ethanol CutbacksThe House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation that would establish an interagency committee to weigh the economic costs of any new EPA rules, and also ...

September 26, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: House DOE Cuts, Ozone Fallout, China Air Standards

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: House DOE Cuts, Ozone Fallout, China Air Standards A day after Democrats and group of Tea Party Republicans in the House of Representatives scuttled a spending bill, the chamber won enough conservative votes and ...

September 23, 2011

EL Pro Texas Sues EPA Over Power Plant Pollution Rules

Texas Sues EPA Over Power Plant Pollution RulesTexas filed a petition for review of the EPA's - the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule - in a federal appeals court, the Houston Chronicle reports, saying the state doesn't have enough time to comply with ...

September 22, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Rules Delay, BP to Blame, New Superfund Sites, $20m Northrop Cleanup

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GHG Rules Delay, BP to Blame, New Superfund Sites, $20m Northrop CleanupThe EPA said on Tuesday that it would not meet a court-ordered Sept. 30 deadline for issuing rules governing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and ...

September 16, 2011

Environmental Software Briefing: Aecom, Tendril, Ecobee, Constellation Energy, Silver Spring

Environmental Software Briefing: Aecom, Tendril, Ecobee, Constellation Energy, Silver Spring Consultancy Aecom has developed a tool to assess the sustainability performance of a company’s supply chain. The Supplier Tracking and Assessment tool for Sustainability collects, ...

September 14, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CA Tweaks Environmental Reviews; Hecla Settles; RGGI All-Time Low

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CA Tweaks Environmental Reviews; Hecla Settles; RGGI All-Time LowA group of environmentalists has launched a campaign urging EPA administrator Lisa Jackson not to resign, after President Obama ordered the agency to scrap a ...

September 12, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: $4.5m Chevron Settlement, Supercommittee, Opening the Everglades

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: $4.5m Chevron Settlement, Supercommittee, Opening the EvergladesChevron has reached a $4.5 million settlement with Salt Lake City and the state of Utah to pay for cleanup costs at two oil spills that polluted ...

September 7, 2011