Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from the EIA, EPA, FERC, NERC, Congress, and other national news.

Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from the Supreme Court, the OECD, the GAO, the NRC, and other national news.

Now that the EPA has issued rules limiting carbon emissions from new coal generators, the industry says carbon capture is neither feasible nor economical - at least not yet.

Federal Briefs - news items from congress and the federal agencies that impact companies doing business in PJM. Today's stories include news on the EPA, the EIA, and on energy legislation.

Coal boosters who hope carbon capture technology will ensure the fuel’s future will find little support in a report for planners in the Eastern Interconnection.

Gov. Martin O’Malley last week called on Maryland to get one-quarter of its electricity from renewable sources by 2022, a 25% boost in the current Maryland RPS.

The Environmental Protection Agency has delayed indefinitely its proposed greenhouse gas limits on new power plants. EPA last year proposed a rule that woul...