Author Archives: Jessica Bell

EPA Issues Supplemental Finding in Response to Michigan v. EPA

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jessica Bell

On Monday, EPA’s final supplemental finding to its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) in response to Michigan v. EPA was published.  EPA concludes that consideration of cost does not change its earlier decision that regulation of hazardous air pollutants … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Says Maryland’s Program to Encourage Generation is Preempted

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Jessica Bell

Yesterday, April 20, 2016, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC.*  The Court unanimously found that Maryland’s program was not permissible under the Federal Power Act (FPA).  Justice Ginsburg, writing for the Court, affirmed … Continue reading →

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PJM Presents Reference Model for Clean Power Plan Analysis

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Jessica Bell

PJM’s Clean Power Plan Analysis Modeling Plan set out the Regional Transmission Organization’s ideas for analyzing economic and reliability impacts of the Clean Power Plan.  At this point the analysis will not be used to inform specific transmission upgrades.  It … Continue reading →

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California Carbon Capture Project Meets Its End

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Jessica Bell

EPA’s New Source Performance Standards for new power plants finalized a standard based on highly efficient supercritical pulverized coal with partial carbon capture and storage (CCS), a change from the proposed standard based on integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with partial … Continue reading →

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Commissioner LaFleur Expresses Concern about Infrastructure Development

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Jessica Bell

On March 4, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order accepting a notice of termination of a Generator Interconnection Agreement for a wind farm.  The Generator Interconnection Agreement was to allow a 150 MW wind farm (to be … Continue reading →

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