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- Pursuant to President Trump’s executive order seeking to maximize the secretary of energy’s emergency authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, the secretary’s two new orders have halted the...more
6/10/2025
/ Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
MISO ,
Natural Gas ,
NERC ,
PJM ,
Popular ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Trump Administration
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its National Transmission Needs Study (Needs Study), which concludes that there is a pressing need for additional transmission infrastructure. That need is expected to...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a combined Notice of Intent and Request for Information (NOI) on May 9, 2023, that proposes a new applicant-driven, route-specific process to designate National Interest Electric...more
5/18/2023
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Financing ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Loans ,
NEPA ,
Notice of Intent ,
Power Grid ,
Request For Information ,
Transmission Lines
The Biden administration (the Administration) has set ambitious goals to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. To achieve these ends, the...more
5/15/2023
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Clean Energy ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Reform ,
Energy Sector ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
NEPA ,
Net Zero ,
Transmission Lines
Five New England states issued a Request for Information (RFI) on September 1, seeking comment from interested stakeholders by October 14, 2022, on changes and upgrades to the regional electric transmission system to...more