Search
`
September 4, 2024

State and Local Policy

Murderbike, Public Domain, via Wikipedia Commons
Wash. Judge Rejects Cap-and-trade Lawsuit
The suit by a conservative group attempted to halt the state’s cap-and trade program by eliminating Department of Ecology’s rulemaking authority.
© RTO Insider LLC
Massachusetts Announces Permitting And Siting Reform Commission
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order creating a state Commission on Clean Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting.
South Fork Wind
Plans Would Boost OSW Infrastructure, Supply Chain Development
The plan offered by the Business Network for Offshore Wind calls for spending $36 billion on a network of up to 119 ports nationwide.
NOAA
Stakeholder Soapbox: Beware of Government-driven Climate Policy
Can climate policy dominated by interest-group politics be in the public good?  What we have seen up to now says no, says regulatory economist Kenneth Costello.  
Shutterstock
NJ’s Push Toward Clean Cars Rule Sparks Vigorous Debate
New Jersey’s planned adoption of California’s Advanced Clean Car II  rules stirred a heated exchange as business groups argued that the state is far from ready for a sudden surge in electric vehicle use.
Shutterstock
Climate Alliance Seeks to Boost Heat Pump Sales
A coalition of 25 governors committed to a goal of 20 million heat pumps operating in their states by 2030. 
United Nations
Calif. Governor: ‘Climate Crisis is a Fossil Fuel Crisis’
Saying that 'humanity has opened the gates of hell,' UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an end to subsidies for fossil fuels worldwide and a phaseout of all coal-fired generation in well-off countries by 2030.
Eos Energy Enterprises
Dominion Energy Seeks Approval for Long-duration Storage Pilot
Dominion Energy asked Virginia’s State Corporation Commission to approve a long-duration energy storage pilot project testing two varieties of non-lithium-ion batteries.
NYDPS
NY Policy Council Holds Inaugural Meeting to Discuss CGPP
New York’s Energy Policy Planning Advisory Council met to discuss the Joint Utilities' Coordinated Grid Planning Process and review its current modeling assumptions with stakeholders.
NIPSCO
NIPSCO Proposes New Gas Plant; Ind. Consumer Advocate Displeased
Tensions are building between NIPSCO and the Citizen Action Coalition of Indiana over the utility's proposal to build a new natural gas peaking plant.

Want more? Advanced Search