“For both Dominion and Duke, actual electricity consumption has been essentially flat for the past few years, leading the utilities recently to be less optimistic about growth,” states a September 8 report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial
New Analyses Challenge the Economics of the ACP
A new study, released this week, by the Rachel Carson Council calls the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline “unnecessary, unsafe and unjust.” Blast Zone, explores the economic and political forces driving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The study examines the “bridge
DOE Fuel Use Projections for Electricity: Renewables Up; Natural Gas Down
The new Short-Term Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), released September 12, projects the generation of electricity from renewables to increase significantly between 2016 and 2018, while the share of natural gas as a generating fuel will
Next FERC Meeting Does Not Include MVP on Agenda
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will next convene on Wednesday, September 20. The published agenda for the meeting, which will be the first with a quorum of commissioners since February, does not include consideration of issuing a certification for
Objections Voiced to Forest Service About Amending Forest Plans for ACP
The U.S. Forest Service’s draft Record of Decision (ROD) to amend the Forest Plans of the Monongahela National Forest (MFN) and George Washington National Forest (GWNF) to accommodate the proposed route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) received strong objections
Landowners Sue FERC Challenging Eminent Domain Authority
A lawsuit was filed September 5 in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the constitutionality of the granting of eminent domain powers by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to interstate natural gas pipelines. The plaintiffs
Comments Due September 5 on Whether to Accommodate the ACP
Next Tuesday, September 5 is the deadline for comments to be submitted to the U.S. Forest Service (NFS) in response to the agency’s proposal to amend the Forest Plans for the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests to permit construction
Two VA State Agencies Call for Greater Scrutiny of ACP
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has once again raised concerns about the impact of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). In comments filed August 21 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), DCR provided supplemental information to FERC
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges VA Water Board to Decline 401 Approval
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has urged the Virginia State Water Control Board (WCB) to “recognize that the draft Certification fails to meet Congress’s intent when it granted the states the responsibility to protect state waters through CWA § 401,
Another Pipeline Is Denied 401 Certification by New York State
Millennium Pipeline’s Valley Lateral Project has been denied a water quality certificate by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The action follows an earlier decision by the NY state agency to deny a similar permit, required by Section