(The Center Square) – A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s ban on new exports of liquified natural gas exports to non-free trade agreement countries. Judge James Cain Jr. of the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Energy’s partial LNG export ban after more than a...
December 21, 2024
Category: Energy
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Report ranks Florida third for solar power implementation
(The Center Square) — The Sunshine State is quickly outpacing the rest of the country as a top solar energy installer, which looks to continue in coming years. According to data from the Solar Energy Industries Association, Florida was ranked third in the country in 2022 behind Texas and California, installing around 12,000 megawatts of...
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Supreme Court rules for Biden in clash over Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
THE HILL — The Supreme Court ruled for the Biden administration Thursday in a dispute over a Trump-era immigration policy that requires U.S. asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico while their applications are processed. The 5-4 ruling found that the administration did not violate federal immigration law when it sought to...
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Supreme Court curbs EPA’s climate powers
The Supreme Court on Wednesday curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ability to regulate climate change, setting limits on how the agency can deal with power plants. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices determined that the EPA cannot induce a shift toward cleaner energy sources using the approach that an Obama-era regulation sought to do.
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Dems divided over federal gas tax suspension
THE HILL — A proposal to suspend the federal gas tax is gaining political momentum among Senate Democrats who are worried that high gas prices will hurt them in the midterm election. The measure sponsored by Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), who both face competitive re-election races, would suspend the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax until January.
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Accelerated Decommissioning Partners becomes licensed operator of Duke Energy’s Crystal River Nuclear Plant
State regulators approved transaction in August after 14-month review. Decommissioning will start nearly 50 years sooner than originally planned. Transaction has no impact on Duke Energy customer bills. (Editor’s note: To download video clips, photos and a timeline graphic, click media kit.) CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. – Accelerated Decommissioning Partners and Duke Energy successfully completed a transaction...
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Duke Energy ‘flips the switch’ at ceremonial grand opening of new Citrus Combined Cycle Station
Duke Energy today celebrated the ceremonial grand opening of its new 1,640-megawatt Citrus Combined Cycle Station located at the 5,100-acre Crystal River Energy Complex in Citrus County, Fla., about 85 miles north of Tampa. More than 300 community leaders, elected officials and Duke Energy employees attended. The station started producing energy for 4.5 million Floridians in late...
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Duke Energy Florida customers will not see rate increase for Hurricane Irma and related $513 million in storm costs
Instead of increasing customer rates, Duke Energy says it plans to apply federal tax reform savings toward those storm costs.