WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. EL24-103-000) involving PSEG Renewable Transmission LLC: * * * I dissent in part from today's order, specifically from the grant of the Abandoned Plant and the Hypothetical Capital Structure Incentives for a PSEG Renewable Transmission LLC (PSEG RT) transmission project that was approved as part o  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology welcomed 15 new faculty members this fall, adding to its list of esteemed faculty and scope of expertise. "The College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology is in the process of growing our faculty and we are honored to welcome this talented group of 15 members to the CEAT team," said Dr. Hanchen Huang, dean of CEAT. "I lo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Detroit, Michigan A groundbreaking settlement was reached today following a civil rights complaint filed against the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) regarding the department's disproportionate licensing of hazardous waste facilities in predominantly Black and Brown, lower-income communities, and its approval of a significant expansion of the U.S. Ecology North haz  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration has issued a notice of proposed extension of transmission and ancillary services formula rates, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 26, 2024, entitled "Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program-Eastern Division-Rate Order No. WAPA-217." SUMMARY: The Upper Great Plains (UGP) region of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA or Western) proposes to extend existing formula rates (without any changes) for the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Aug. 27, 2024, from Enbridge Gas Pipelines, Houston, Texas: * * * To: Mr. Tewabe Asebe U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP-30 Washington, D.C. 20590 Re: Comments in response to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PH  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Institute for Local Self-Reliance issued the following news: For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Tim Hade, Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer at Scale Microgrids, and Leah Stokes, who is the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University. They discuss how, through the coordination of a virtual power plant,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Aug. 26, 2024, from the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas, Sacramento, California: * * * To: The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary U.S. Department of Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Re: Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit Under 45Z * * * Dear Secretary Yellen: The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas ("RNG Coalition") repre  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Countries need to scale up finance for renewables faster and close loopholes that allow continued fossil fuel investment. * * * Signatories of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) have cut their international public finance for fossil fuels dramatically since signing the agreement but are underdelivering on the clean finance pledge, a new report shows. Under the CETP, 39 countries and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration has released the following public communication dated Aug. 1, 2024, from Turtle Island Restoration Network, Forest Knolls, California: * * * To: U.S. Department of Transportation, MARAD-2019-0093 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590 * * * The Texas GulfLink project, owned by Sentinel Midstream, aims to pump an additional 1 million barrels of crude oil per day to overs  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 22, 2024, from Rheem Manufacturing Co.: * * * To: Ms. Julia Hegarty Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585-0121 RE: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters, Notification o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 22, 2024, from Rinnai America Corp.. Here are excerpts: * * * To: U.S. Department of Energy Attn: Julia Hegarty 100 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585 Re: Comments of Rinnai America Corporation on Notification of Data Availability, Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters, EERE  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release: * * * Hundreds of Billions More to Come * * * Carbon capture has failed to reduce global carbon emissions for over 50 years. Currently operating projects would only capture a mere 0.1% of global emissions if they actually worked, and most projects primarily boost oil and gas production. A new briefing from Oil Change International, "Funding Failure: Carbon Capture and Fossil Hydrogen Subsidies Expose  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * Today the Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental review of the Western Solar Plan, also known as the Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The Solar PEIS is a foundational environmental planning document that determines where solar development can occur on public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, O  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised renewable energy producer Sunly AS on a Euros300 million portfolio financing to promote the construction of its 1.3 GW pipeline of solar, wind and battery energy storage system facilities across the Baltics and Poland. "This financing supports Sunly's ambitious growth plans and helps accelerate the construction of hybrid renewable energy parks across the Baltic State  more