Emissions Regulations & Policy

Power plant emission news from regulatory agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state commissions.

Emissions Regulations News

FirstEnergy closing 2,600 MW of coal-fired power generation

01/26/2012 FirstEnergy Corp. said its generation subsidiaries will retire six older...

EPA to finalize revised Boiler MACT rule

01/20/2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to present a less costl...

EPA releases 2010 GHG data

01/11/2012 For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has release...

What are the implications of CSAPR delays?

01/09/2012 What does the postponement of implementing the rule mean for the industr...

A list of possible coal closures in the U.S.

01/05/2012 This list is featured in the January 2012 issue of Power Engineering mag...

Court stays EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule

01/03/2012 The U.S. District Court of Appeals granted a request to stay the U.S. En...

EPA releases finalized Utility MACT

12/21/2011 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the finalize...

Luminant given OK to close two coal-fired units

12/20/2011 The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) told Luminant, a unit ...

AP Survey: Coal-fired closures imminent

12/19/2011 A survey conducted by The Associated Press (AP), based on interviews wit...

Utility MACT: No one-size-fits-all solution

12/15/2011 One of the biggest concerns daunting power generators is the proposed Ut...