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Interior Department Proposes Guidelines for Protecting Wildlife from Wind Energy Development
Fossil fuels are under fire from opponents of hydraulic fracturing in the gas drilling process or, in coal's case, everything from mountaintop mining to mercury emissions. And now with the crisis in Japan, nuclear power is facing new challenges. Of...
More Power to the Water
Power from water is again in the news as the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee moves forward on measures to increase hydropower and improve the impact of energy development on water resources. As well, the national trade group representing...
SEC Proposes Rule Requiring Oil, Gas and Mining Companies to Disclose Payments to Governments
By Jonathan Halpern and Thomas Kokalas Under a rule proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, oil, gas and mining companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges would be required to disclose payments they made to foreign governments or the United...
Fate of Ocean Power Projects Requires FERC and Interior Cooperation
Jurisdictional jockeying between FERC and the Department of Interior threatens development of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) ocean power projects. The issue calls out for agency cooperation and possibly an interagency agreement similar to that between FERC and the U.S. Forest...
Energy Beneficiaries of Economic Stimulus Package
The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 embedded in the economic stimulus legislation (H.R. 1424) that President Bush signed into law on October 3, 2008, provides nearly $17 billion in various tax credits to promote clean power generation technologies...
PG&E Announces Plans to Buy 800 MW of Solar Power
One of the largest utilities in California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company ("PG&E"), has signed two contracts to purchase up to 800 MW of power from two new solar plants that will be constructed by photovoltaic (PV) systems manufacturers, OptiSolar...
Texas Commission Selects Plan to Deliver Wind Power from Competitive Renewable Energy Zones
The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUCT) recently selected one of the four transmission scenarios that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) proposed for bringing a total of 18,456 MW of wind power from West Texas and the Texas Panhandle...
New Mexico Promotes Transmission Solutions for Renewable Energy Development, Ups RPS
Developing renewable energy far from load centers demands construction of transmission. But which comes first "“ the generation or the transmission? Several Western states, including California and Texas , are addressing this issue, and New Mexico has recently adopted its...
Making Waves "• FERC Turns Attention to Ocean Power
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has put the spotlight on a lesser known but potentially valuable source of renewable energy by announcing an interim policy and inviting public comment on how to process preliminary permit applications for ocean energy: wave...