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

EPA to hold public hearings on Carbon Pollution Standard; extends comment period

05/21/2012 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two public hear...

EPA questioned by Energy and Commerce Committee on coal-fired power plants

05/18/2012 Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on May 17 ...

PJM Board approves $2bn in transmission upgrades

05/17/2012 The PJM Interconnection Board May 17 approved nearly $2 billion in elect...

EPA requests budget increase to research hydraulic fracturing

05/17/2012 In its budget requests for 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc...

Study evaluates MISO challenges for MATS compliance

05/15/2012 In a study commissioned by the Midwest Independent Transmission System O...

Indiana coal-fired power plant to close in 2015

05/09/2012 Hoosier Energy plans to retire its 250 MW Ratts coal-fired power plant i...

Report evaluates EPA's new standard for greenhouse gases

05/08/2012 A new report by Bloomberg Government says that gas-fired generation will...

Update: EPA releases draft program for hydraulic fracturing groundwater treatment

05/04/2012 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a draft unde...

Interior proposes rule for chemical disclosure of hydraulic fracturing operations

05/04/2012 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced the release of a pro...

EPA sued over Oklahoma coal-fired power plant emissions

05/04/2012 The Sierra Club filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental P...