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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, May 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - A new study titled “Ensuring Resilient and Efficient Electricity Generation: The Value of the Current Diverse U.S. Power Supply Portfolio” argues that policy that promotes renewables could send consumer electricity prices soaring.
NEW JERSEY, September 27, 2017 - Legislation that would allow subsidies to grow the New Jersey nuclear power industry does not sit well with state residents, according to a new poll of voters.
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt approved a request from Florida Gov. Rick Scott for an emergency fuel waiver to ensure an adequate supply of diesel fuel across the state for ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Irma.
MICHIGAN, September 27, 2017 - The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved Consumers Energy Co. proposal to buy out Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC for just over $142 million.
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - Electric cooperatives are stepping in to aid rural communities with the increasingly essential infrastructure need of internet access, according to a recent CoBank report which says the co-ops are filling in to provide broadband services to consumers in unserved areas of the country.
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - The Energy Department is allotting approximately $36 million in financial assistance to advance carbon capture technologies.
SOUTH CAROLINA, September 27, 2017 - SCANA Corporation and its subsidiaries have been served with a subpoena issued by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina seeking documents relating to the Company’s new nuclear project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station.
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF) will proceed with a project to reduce costs of clean biofuel made from sugar kelp, thanks to a $500,000 competitive grant from DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) program.
CALIFORNIA, September 27, 2017 - The California Independent System Operator (ISO) Board of Governors approved a rule enhancement that enables the grid operator’s systems to automatically model the potential loss of power plants, in an effort to improve overall market efficiency and readiness.
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - The Environmental Protection Agency has extended enforcement discretion for petroleum distribution facilities, gasoline storage facilities and bulk fuel terminals in Texas that were impacted or damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
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