Index

stories, etc.. posted to the PACE “home” page.

February 13, 2012

Study Shows EPA Rules Will Cause Power Rate Hikes

A recent study by National Economic Research Associates (NERA) predicts what many, including PACE, have been saying for months: that new EPA rules will cause significant hikes in the price of electricity. The study, released in September 2011, finds that four major EPA rules will come with a total price […]
February 20, 2012

Groups React to Utility MACT Disapproval Resolution

Following last week’s introduction by Senator Jim Inhofe of a disapproval resolution regarding EPA’s Utility MACT rule, a number of groups have stepped forward to offer comments on the senator’s efforts. Among these are organizations are the US Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Energy Consumers of America, the National Association of […]
February 29, 2012

EPA Rulemaking Shutters More Capacity

According to a report from Reuters, GenOn Energy will be forced to shutter eight plants in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Jersey by 2015 due to “more stringent federal environmental regulations.” The move will deactivate 3,140 megawatts of mostly coal-fired generating capacity, beginning with the company’s Elrama coal-fired plant in Pennsylvania […]
March 5, 2012

PACE to Co-Host Energy Conference in Mississippi

On April 4th, 2012, PACE will join with Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering and the Mississippi Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association to host a conference on energy issues. The conference will be held at the Colvard Student Union on the campus of Mississippi State University […]
March 21, 2012

Poll Shows Shifting Landscape on Energy Issues

Are public opinions about alternative energy and fossil fuel development shifting? Maybe so according to a Pew Research Center poll released this past Monday. The telephone poll gauged the opinions of 1,503 adults in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Among other conclusions, the poll found that support […]
April 9, 2012

Green Groups Push for Coal Ash Rules

Unhappy with the speed of EPA regulation of coal combustion by-products, a number of environmental organizations late last week filed a lawsuit to force EPA to finalize regulation of coal ash. Nearly a dozen groups were party to the lawsuit, including the Sierra Club, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, […]