FERC and the U.S. Department of Justice told the 7th Circuit that Illinois' zero-emission credits (ZECs) program is not pre-empted by the Federal Power Act.

The NYISO / NY DPS IPPTF learned that New York’s adoption of carbon pricing will likely increase the state’s wholesale energy prices and decrease prices for zero-emission credits.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation to subsidize the state’s nuclear generating fleet and boost renewable generation including solar, storage and offshore wind.

Consumer, small-business and environmental advocates pressed the PJM Board of Managers on the issue of transparency at their annual meeting.

Republicans are working on legislation that could allow power plants to avoid expensive upgrades under the EPA New Source Review (NSR) program.

The Republican majority at FERC narrowed the circumstances under which it will estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from natural gas pipeline projects.

NYISO is floating a proposal that would incorporate the social cost of carbon into the ISO’s wholesale market by debiting each energy supplier a uniform carbon emissions charge as part of its settlement.

The leaders of two key Maine legislative committees told Massachusetts regulators that they oppose the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC).

A recently passed New Jersey law could lead to the state subsidizing nuclear plants outside its borders, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) CEO Ralph Izzo said during his company’s first-quarter (Q1 2018) earnings call Monday.

To model the impacts of carbon pricing on dispatch, resource costs and emissions in its wholesale electricity market, New York would do well to start by estimating a social cost of carbon (SCC), experts told a state task force Monday.