Energy
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Wisconsin committee asks AG Kaul to stop use of privately funded attorneys
Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, said that the attorneys had salary and benefits paid by the Michael Bloomberg-funded New York University State Energy & Environmental Impact Center.
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Chevron denies conspiracy to increase Calif. gas prices
“Plaintiffs’ conspiracy theory also fails because it is nonsensical. If the goal was to conspiratorially increase prices, Defendants could have just raised their prices—there is no need for the convoluted, roundabout mechanism Plaintiffs invent here.”
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Consumers Energy rate hike approved, bills set to rise in May
The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a rate hike for Consumers Energy that will allow the utility to collect an additional $276.6 million in revenue from its electricity customers.
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Trump may zap 'Energy Star' efficiency program that some say ruins appliances and isn't needed
The Energy Star decal is a widely recognized label on appliances, but consumers have found appliance performance has degraded as the manufacturers try to reduce the energy and water use of their products to keep up with the EPA.
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Push on again to test Ohio gasoline for quality
While an opportunity for a statewide program already exists under state law, two senators want each county to be able to implement its own testing procedures after recent reports of contaminated fuel have surfaced.
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Natural gas supporters argue judge is intentionally delaying fight over I-2066
Until the order is officially filed in the court record, challengers cannot ask the state Supreme Court to consider an appeal.
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16 states, DC sue Trump over 2021 EV charger funds, most haven’t built chargers
A majority of the coalition, including lawsuit leaders California and Washington, has failed to build any chargers using $3.3 billion in awarded funds over the past four fiscal years.
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NOAA will cease updating its “billion dollar disaster” tally that researcher says is flawed
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., retired professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, published a study in Nature last summer, arguing that the methodology NOAA uses in the tally lacks scientific integrity.
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Reports say corporations retreated from net zero, but critics say ESG policies still enforced
Blacklisted: The Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company notified the American Energy Institute it wouldn't be renewing the pro-oil group's insurance due to it "promoting social/political causes related to energy production."
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Lion Electric bankruptcy raises concerns over state's EV incentives
Once a cornerstone of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s green agenda, Lion Electric’s Joliet plant will auction its equipment on May 15 after declaring bankruptcy, despite a $50 million state incentive.
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Consumer advocates blast gas utility for pipeline spending, proposed rate hike
Citizens Utility Board Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz said the proposal includes a lavish profit rate for Nicor shareholders and wasteful spending on executive bonuses.
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Farmers’ protection from discriminating environmental policies approved
The Senate on Wednesday evening gave final passage to a proposal that makes it illegal for a banks “denying or canceling service for agricultural producers based on greenhouse gas emissions or use of fossil-fuel derived fertilizer or powered machinery."
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Democrats grill Energy Secretary on his plans to make DOE run efficiently and use taxdollars wisely
Wright testified that the Loans Program Office at the DOE had issued about $40 billion in loans for energy projects over the last 15 years. But in the last 76 days of the Biden administration, that number jumped to $100 billion. Wright said that the rushed loan agreements lacked clauses traditionally required by the DOE.