Sentences with phrase «from power plant owners»

Since RGGI was launched seven years ago, the program has collected more than $ 925 million from power plant owners to cover greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change.

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted Entergy, the owner / operator of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan permission to extend the frequency of the containment integrated leak rate test from once every 10 years to once every 15 years on a permanent basis.

The owners of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop New York State from trying to shut the plant down.

Payments of $ 20.4 million a year from National Grid ratepayers to help renovate and support the Dunkirk power plant near Buffalo are both «unlawful» and «discriminatory,» according to a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court by Entergy Corp., the owner of FitzPatrick.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has scored a victory in his long - running battle against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirements.

New York lawmakers say if the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant and its 615 jobs are to be saved, they just need to keep it open long enough to benefit from nuclear plant subsidies that are currently under consideration, but its owner Entergy has repeatedly said it is not interested in that state supPlant and its 615 jobs are to be saved, they just need to keep it open long enough to benefit from nuclear plant subsidies that are currently under consideration, but its owner Entergy has repeatedly said it is not interested in that state supplant subsidies that are currently under consideration, but its owner Entergy has repeatedly said it is not interested in that state support.

The owners of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant are planning to close the facility in January 2017 because competition from natural gas has driven down profits.

Under that program, power plant owners who installed equipment to scrub the sulfur dioxide out of the emissions from their smokestacks could then sell for a profit any leftover allowances to other polluters unable or unwilling to make the pricey upgrades.

The owner's manual is also made from renewable resources, and the car is made in Leipzig at a plant that relies on solar power.

One is Lochbaum crediting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and industry with at least a couple of proactive decisions — including the commission insisting on flood protections that had been fought by the owners of the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant north of Omaha, Neb. — and that proved critical in limiting risk from last year's floods.

After years of amazing community activism from local parents, business owners, residents, citizen groups, and community leaders, last week the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve plans to not only phase out the use of coal at its North Omaha coal - fired power plant, but also to ramp up energy efficiPower District (OPPD) Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve plans to not only phase out the use of coal at its North Omaha coal - fired power plant, but also to ramp up energy efficipower plant, but also to ramp up energy efficiency.

Although amendments to the original law have expanded it to a wide variety of renewable resources and technologies, the original PTC applied to generation from tax - paying owners of new wind plants, as well as eligible biomass power plants.

At present, 30 % of the power that Platte River offers to its owner communities comes from wind, solar and other carbon - free energy sources, but the firm signed a PPA for a 150MW wind plant in January that will bring that percentage to 48 %.

The NYT reports: «The ozone rules are expected to force the owners of power plants and factories to install expensive technology to clean pollutants from their smoke stacks» — which will raise costs to families and business.

Now that the final rule has been released, policymakers, state governments, utility and power plant owners, and other stakeholders are weighing their options to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) from the power sector for compliance with the rule.

Under that program, power plant owners who installed equipment to scrub the sulfur dioxide out of the emissions from their smokestacks could then sell for a profit any leftover allowances to other polluters unable or unwilling to make the pricey upgrades.