Energy Report
A digest of regional energy news
Clean Power Plan Court Case Delayed Until September
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has postponed hearing challenges to the federal Clean Power Plan until September. This plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designed to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.
Fracking Wastewaters Linked to Contamination
Studies from the U.S. Geological Survey and Duke University find West Virginia waterways have been contaminated by wastewater from natural gas fracking.
Virginia Utility Submits Plan for the Future
Environmental groups are challenging Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed plan to construct a new nuclear facility as part of its alternative energy initiative.
N.C. Coal Ash Cleanup Plans Proposed, Controversy Continues
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality released its rankings for Duke Energy’s coal ash impoundments on May 18. However, enforcement of regulations and clean-up is still largely up in the air.
States Consider Cuts to Mine Safety, Coal Taxes
Legislation in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia related to mine safety laws and coal taxation policies is showing how far Appalachian lawmakers will go in attempts to sustain the ailing industry.
