Save Some Power Plants, Clean Up the Cars
Remember to Breathe Series
EPA and Transportation are considering freezing standards for five years at 2020 levels. That’s a step backwards for clean air. It should be worrying to the power sector.
Environmental
First Look at 2017 CO2 Emission Trends in U.S.
Electricity Sector Focus
The reduction in U.S. CO2 emissions is clearly historic. To many, it may also be surprising.
Remember to Breathe
Coordinating Three Missions
When air quality standards and rules change, they profoundly affect the power sector.
Storms, Rates, Insurance
Entire Economy Pays Price
This past year three hurricanes affected an area which encompassed about eight percent of the U.S. population. According to an article by Joel Achenbach in The Washington Post, dated November 19, 2017, “Disaster claims soar in year of calamities: Federal resources stretched as applications for aid rise tenfold,” these three storms contributed to a year of “record setting disasters.”
4.7 million Americans registered for FEMA aid compared to four hundred eighty thousand in 2016, and an average of a hundred and eighty thousand for the previous three years.
Peek at 2018
Great Year for Energy and Environment
There’s a premium on predictions, but the exception could be energy priorities in 2018.
Electrifying the Energy Sector
Public Policy Perspective
We will almost certainly see a more electrified economy with less dependency on fossil fuels to meet future direct-energy demands.
Energy Law Leader
Global Trends Are Game Changers
Clint Vince, Chair, Energy Sector, Dentons US on cyber threats, climate change, cyclones and competition.
Newton's Third Law
Policies Trigger State Actions, Reactions
The Clean Power Plan should be replaced with a legally defensible, common-sense rule based on inside-the-fence measures.
Jobs, Electricity Prices and Renewable Energy Policies
Costs versus Benefits
States with RPS experienced slower renewables growth and an 11% increase in electricity prices.
Engineering Climate Change Challenge
Charles Bayless
We talked with retired utility leader Charles Bayless, who has served in several influential roles in the electricity business.