Stay updated with breaking news from Electrical Generation. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Once again, the Biden administration is attacking the fossil fuel industry. This time it is via one of its favorite blunt force instruments: the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Yesterday the EPA released what it calls its final "Good Neighbor Plan" that forces gas- (and coal-) fired power plants to further reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx)
Last year natural gas consumption in the United States set new record highs in nine of 12 months. In fact, the U.S. used more natural gas in 2022 than it ever has--a new annual record. Natural gas consumption increased in all sectors last year, but the electric power sector consumed more natural gas than any
Here's the sad end of a sad chapter in Ohio's history--a conclusion (of sorts) to the largest bribery scandal in the state's history. We're referring to Ohio House Bill (HB) 6, a law granting billions (plural) of dollars to FirstEnergy to prop up the company’s economically failing nuclear power plants. FirstEnergy bribed state legislators to
West Virginia Senate Bill (SB) 188, the Grid Stabilization and Security Act, is aimed at making WV more competitive with its neighbors--Pennsylvania and Ohio--with respect to siting more gas-fired power plants in the state. SB 188 directs the Dept. of Economic Development secretary to identify and designate sites considered appropriate for natural gas electric generation
New England is heading for an energy disaster. It's easy to predict. The latest analysts to look at the coming disaster are the sharp folks at RBN Energy. Their language is a bit more diplomatic than our blunt statements, but the conclusions are the same: New England is screwed. Royally. And it's only a matter