FERC denies rehearing of transmission planning and cost allocation rule
May 21, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied requests by APPA and others to rehear Order No. 1000, its July 2011 final rule on transmission planning and cost allocation, but offered some clarifications, including some sought by APPA
Clean energy standard would raise price of electricity, head of JEA tells Senate panel
May 21, 2012
The clean energy standard proposed in Senate bill 2146 would raise rates by an estimated 4.6% over the first six years, the head of the municipal electric utility in Jacksonville, Fla., told a Senate committee May 17
Fox news program contrasts municipal, private record on outages in Massachusetts
May 21, 2012
Ted Daniel of Fox25 News in Boston said some cities and towns in Massachusetts are interested in unplugging their investor-owned utilities and forming public power utilities, but are being blocked by a state law
National Conference early registration deadline is this week
May 21, 2012
Attendees who register before May 25 will save $50 off their conference registration fee
FERC approves policy outlining its role in EPA’s new mercury rule
May 18, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a policy statement May 17 outlining how it will advise the Environmental Protection Agency on requests for extra time for electric generators to comply with EPA’s new mercury and air toxics standards rule
