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Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week requested more answers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the potential negative consequences of its new Utility MACT regulation. In a letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson, signed by committee chairman Rep. Fred Upton (MI) and thirteen other members, the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]