NRECA Challenges EPA’s New Coal Ash Rule
Posted on Aug 8, 2024 in Litigation, Press Release | Comments Off on NRECA Challenges EPA’s New Coal Ash Rule
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has filed a lawsuit with other utility groups challenging the EPA’s new rule on coal ash impoundments, arguing it imposes undue costs and could harm grid reliability. The rule, which expands regulations to include inactive sites and other previously unregulated areas, is criticized for being overly broad and potentially...
NRECA Criticizes Denial of EPA Power Plant Rule Stay
Posted on Jul 21, 2024 in NRECA, Reliability | Comments Off on NRECA Criticizes Denial of EPA Power Plant Rule Stay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied NRECA’s motion to stay EPA’s new power plant rule, a rule that would require premature closure of power plants. NRECA criticized the decision, stating the new rule undermines electric reliability and poses an immediate threat to an already constrained electric grid.
NRECA Sues EPA over New Power Plant Rule
On Thursday, NRECA filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the EPA over its newly released power plant rule that requires sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants. NRECA asserts the new rule is unlawful and unreasonable, posing an immediate threat to the American electric grid and forcing a...NRECA Opposes EPA Power Plant Emissions Proposal
Posted on Aug 8, 2023 in Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Opposes EPA Power Plant Emissions Proposal
NRECA submitted written comments to EPA on August 8, opposing the agency’s rules regulating plant emissions. CEO Jim Matheson articulated that organization believes the rules are “unrealistic, unachievable, and will reduce key generating resources just as Americans are increasing their reliance on electricity.”
SCOTUS Rules EPA Lacks the Authority to Cap Existing Power Plants’ CO2
Posted on Jul 1, 2022 in Environmental, Judicial | Comments Off on SCOTUS Rules EPA Lacks the Authority to Cap Existing Power Plants’ CO2
On Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) concluded that the Clean Power Plan’s limitation of carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants falls outside of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association supported an amicus brief filed by cooperatives with the Supreme Court...
NRECA Files Comments in Support of EPA Proposed Coal Plant Emissions Rule
Posted on Nov 5, 2018 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on NRECA Files Comments in Support of EPA Proposed Coal Plant Emissions Rule
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and other lobbying groups representing electric utilities recently filed comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, endorsing looser pollution standards for coal-fired power plant generators. The EPA hopes to finalize the ACE rule by March 2019.
ACE Rule the ‘Best Path Forward’ for Electric Cooperatives
Posted on Oct 3, 2018 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on ACE Rule the ‘Best Path Forward’ for Electric Cooperatives
On October 1, 2018, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) CEO Jim Matheson testified in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. “The proposed ACE rule provides crucial flexibility so electric coops can respond to market conditions, technologies and industry changes at the same time they continue to contribute to...
How Clean Power Plan Replacement Affects Coops
Posted on Aug 27, 2018 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on How Clean Power Plan Replacement Affects Coops
The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled its proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan with a more flexible rule governing carbon dioxide emissions that is expected to reduce compliance costs for coal-based generation. This proposal is known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule, and it should provide cooperatives with the certainty and flexibility needed to meet their...
EPA Announces Repeal of Clean Power Plan
Posted on Oct 10, 2017 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EPA Announces Repeal of Clean Power Plan
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced his intention to roll back the Clean Power Plan. Several environmental groups and states plan to challenge the proposed repeal in federal court.
Environmentalists Urge D.C. Circuit to Decide Clean Power Plan Case
Posted on Aug 7, 2017 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation | Comments Off on Environmentalists Urge D.C. Circuit to Decide Clean Power Plan Case
This past Thursday, August 3, 2017, certain environmental groups urged the D.C. Circuit to either decide the validity of the Clean Power Plan on its merits or terminate the case by remanding the case to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The environmental groups’ request stems from the D.C. Circuit’s decision in April to grant the EPA’s motion for a 60-day stay of the...
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