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FERC Says No to Resilience NOPR
merchant nuclear and coal plants that store 90 days of fuel on site. FERC ... grid reliability and resilience pricing (Resilience NOPR), in no uncertain terms. The order noted the NOPR “…did not satisfy those clear and
Zero Emissions Credits: An Overview
. Since their creation, ZECs have excited some, frustrated others, and ... value of the ZEC is quantified based on the social cost of carbon and energy market prices, and it will vary: as market prices decrease, the ZEC
It’s Time for a Market-Oriented Approach to Clean Energy Investment in Pennsylvania
-justifiable distributed clean energy and energy efficiency projects waiting to be developed ... minimum needed to meet modest state requirements for alternative energy and ... (CGC). (Full disclosure: I participated in some meetings and discussions
Washington State Technocrats Spurn the ‘Alberta Approach’
and climate policy advocates, the policy is a big deal. For years ... . The Albertan process involved input from industry and environmentalist ... and many environmental groups coming out against the measure alongside
The Natural Gas War on Coal
researchers (Dr. Walter Culver and Dr. Mingguo Hong) at Case Western Reserve ... .S. coal market, and its long-term trends.” The study findings are as ... that SO2 and NOx regulations were conceived in the 1990 amendments to the
Financing Gas Pipelines through Electric Rates?
America needs new energy infrastructure, and increasingly ratepayers ... and nuclear generation afloat, raising anti-competition appeals to FERC ... .e. make competitive) electricity generation markets and now are attempting
The Coal Dilemma
developed and developing countries has been one of the most important and difficult goals to achieve. Today's developed countries grew and prospered ... policies and the cost of adaptation may jeopardize economic development for
The Multinational as Policy Driver in Africa: A Case Study
Africa Coca-Cola is deeply embedded in the community. And because of its size and sheer force as both an employer and a taxable entity, it carries ... citizens raises questions about how energy policy is being made, by whom, and
Alternative Sources of Energy in Informal Settlements in Accra, Ghana
, reliable and sustainable supply? What are the parameters of the given project(s) that would qualify it (them) for funding from public and private ... waste to energy and solar. Based on this review, this project undertakes a
Mining Indigenous Communities: A Long Legacy
morning Darlene Arviso fills her truck with 3,500 gallons of water and sets ... States was rapidly expanding its nuclear energy and weapons program and its ... compounds had seeped into the groundwater and rendered drinking wells and the