Sentences with phrase «electric power plants limited»

Also, mild temperatures in the winter and high stockpiles at electric power plants limited demand for more purchases of coal in the second half of 2012.

Not exact matches

RGGI is intended to limit CO2 emissions from electric power plants in the Northeast.

Over months of contentious debate, while the Waxman - Markey bill and subsequent Senate action were being considered, millions of Americans were introduced for the first time to the phrase «cap and trade,» a regulatory approach that first came to prominence in the 1990s as the centerpiece of a national program to address the threat of acid rain by limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), primarily from electric power plants.

Some electric utilities continue to back special interest groups — including the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, American Legislative Exchange Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Utility Air Regulatory Group — that mislead on climate science and / or oppose legal limits on CO2 emissions from power plants.

Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power demand.

Despite early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

Plaintiffs, led by the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), argued that ZECs preempt the FPA because they are «tethered» to wholesale auctions; and, that ZECs violate the dormant Commerce Clause because they are only offered to a limited number of in - state nuclear facilities, disadvantaging out - of - state nuclear plants.

Released in 2015 by the Obama Administration EPA, the CPP established the first national standards to limit CO2 emissions from fossil - fuel - fired power plants (Electric Generating Units,... Read more →

In charge of writing a new rule to limit mercury poisoning of children by electric power plants, Holmstead embraced a watered - down rule that essentially was written by his old lobbying firm of Latham & Watkins.

By three to one (75 %) the public believes that the EPA, not Congress, should determine whether stricter limits are needed on air pollution from electric power plants.

88 % of Democrats, 85 % of Independents, and 58 % of Republicans oppose Congress stopping the EPA from enacting new limits on air pollution from electric power plants.