Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At the Union of Concerned Scientists, we’ve been looking into the benefits rural drivers could enjoy from switching from a gasoline vehicle to an electric vehicle. The lack of an accessible outlet to charge an EV at home is one such challenge faced by drivers when considering switching to an electric vehicle.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

Switching from gasoline and diesel engines to electric motors is one of the most effective ways to reduce global warming emissions and air pollution. In California, driving on electricity using the average plug-in vehicle can lower emissions to that of a hypothetical gasoline car that achieves 116 miles per gallon fuel economy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This experience, not far from Seattle and with ties to the information tech industry, highlights some of the issues surrounding the electric power needs of data centers. He was obviously oblivious to the fact that old-style electric heat (i.e. He assured me he hadnt: it doesnt require electricity! Modernize, or bypass, the grid?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

to hear why your electricity bill is so high and why it is expected to surge even higher to the tune of billions of dollars paid by everyday Pennsylvanians and their families. Learn more about who's in charge of your electricity and how we can work to make it more affordable. Join a March 4 webinar from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 3, 2023

According to the California Energy Commission, more than one in five of all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state at the start of this year was a zero-emission vehicle, which includes plug-in hybrids, battery electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles. More than 16 percent of new cars sold this year are fully electric plug-ins.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Another development with multi-state implications involves electric vehicles. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. The possibility of snagging some of this funding may also help nudge some lagging states to think seriously about cutting carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

California recently extended , for the second time, the operations of three gas plants to 2026. Higher and more volatile energy bills An electric system that is over-reliant on gas can contribute to higher and more volatile electricity bills. It indeed accounts for 40% of the electricity currently generated for the grid.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To reach the state’s goals of 100% clean electricity and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has been tasked with planning the clean electricity transition via its Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process. But the turn is not yet over.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

The cryptocurrency mining facility must remove the ash pile by September 2026-- 14 months sooner than initially required. With Nuclear Energy - By Carol Browner, Fmr EPA Administrator -- Financial Times: Is Giving Old Reactors New Life The Future Of Nuclear Energy?

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The amendments are intended to accelerate progress towards decarbonization of the electricity sector and further ensure the state meets its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The CES, first enacted in 2017, requires retail sellers of electricity in Massachusetts to provide increasing quantities of clean electricity over time.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

GW Of New Electric Generation Capacity; Reviews To Be Completed By 2026; List Of Projects Not Available Now [PaEN] [Posted: March 27, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2024

On July 30, the PJM Interconnection reported its latest electricity auction produced a wholesale price of $269.92/MW-day Meanwhile, the peak load forecast for the 2025/2026 Delivery Year has increased from 150,640 MW for the 2024/2025 BRA to 153,883 MW for the 2025/2026 Delivery Year. See Resource Links below.]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

On March 6, the City of Reading announced it is now moving into the construction phase as part of a strategic partnership with Schneider Electric to implement a Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) project, reinforcing Reading's commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency. The completion of the project is slated for late 2026.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By 2026, the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat and Jeep vehicles will attribute 100% of its electricity. Read more ». The post Stellantis Enters into the Second Largest PPA Ever Recorded appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

That includes 25 sponsorship deals with Big Oil companies as well as 36 deals with lesser-known utility companies that generate electricity predominantly from fossil fuel-burning power plants and sell fossil gas directly to consumers. it will be interesting to see if the 2025-2026 season brings any fewer Big Oil sponsorships.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Sleek solar panels forged from silver and silica from the depths of the Earth translate the sun’s blindingly fiery light energy into electricity. While most energy storage for the US electricity grid today is in the form of pumped hydro systems , batteries are a growing piece of the storage pie. Batteries help store surplus energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. We need more electricity to transition our homes and cars off fossil fuels, but we can’t afford to let that electricity come from more gas power plants. States remain widely varied on their reliance on gas for electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2023

Over the past several years, the USPS worked to plan the replacement of its aging delivery truck fleet with a mix of both electric and combustion vehicles. If electric delivery vehicle deployment is maximized, this transition could have significant positive impacts on both air quality and the larger adoption of commercial electric vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

The $10 million grant will be utilized by PRT to replace four 40-foot diesel transit buses with electric buses. The grant will also support the purchase and installation of two electric chargers along with necessary infrastructure in the garage to which the buses would be assigned.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The UKs Energy Secretary Ed Miliband hailed the milestone: Signing the UKs first hydrogen production contracts marks the official launch of our low-carbon hydrogen economy a key step towards energy security and a new era of clean electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

The March 25 e xplosion involved a production storage tank and occurred at 10:25 a.m while the well tender was blowing out the well. DEP arrived on site at 11:30 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Green Building Alliance and the 2030 District Program host a December 10 webinar on PJM Electricity Price Increases - Why and What To Do? In July, the PJM Interconnection auction for wholesale electricity generation capacity to be delivered in 2025-26 resulted in a 933% increase in electricity costs over 2024-25.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

electricity generation. Renewables are continuing to increase their share of the power sector, rising to almost 23 percent of the nation’s electricity supply last year, which was higher than the generation from both coal-fired and nuclear plants. In other words, when the air is hot, gas power plants cannot generate as much electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Commissions proposal is for a five-year Phase V program, operating from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031, and includes the evaluation of the costs and benefits of the overall EE&C Program as well as the PUCs proposal establishing additional incremental reductions in electric consumption and peak demand in Phase V.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Recovering these materials from retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries is an alternative source to mining. In 2022, a report was released by the California Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Advisory Group which outlines policies the group believes the California legislature should implement.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will also launch 12 key initiatives, including a levy on sustainable aviation fuel and low-carbon electricity imports. By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment. Davies , Farhana Sharmeen , Michael D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Lithium-ion batteries are efficient, compact, and have a long lifespan – all factors that enable electric vehicles (EVs), which are powered by these batteries, to be a great substitute for their gasoline counterpart. Transportation is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 8, 2025

Michelle Lujan Grishams Strategic Water Supply program, a 50-year water action plan, regulatory frameworks for this treated water would be in place by 2026, and 100,000 acre-feet of water for clean energy production, storage and manufacturing would be used by 2028. As detailed in Gov. Record lows, meanwhile, were set 38 percent more often.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Triggering Restrictions On 19 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 17 More Approaching Restrictions [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases Natural (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

The appeal process will take some time, and a decision is not expected until late 2026 or early 2027. The partners are expanding their legal team and have hired specialized appellate lawyers Clement & Murphy, PLLC, to appeal FERCs decision to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Project Impacts The $2.3

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 27, 2022

Many are considering making their next car purchase an Electric Vehicle (EV) to save money and cut their carbon footprint. But going electric isn’t easy – not only are EVs too expensive, but they aren’t readily available to buy either. . Canada’s slow rate of EV adoption is not the fault of consumers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2022

Background on the hydrogen hubs program.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

On October 13, the PJM Interconnection formally submitted proposed electric market reforms designed to support reliability of the electric grid now and in the future amid increasingly extreme weather and a changing generation fleet. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

Covered buildings will be required to gradually reduce emissions, relative to a 2018–2019 baseline, over compliance periods starting in 2026 and 2030. The same issues—particularly grid capacity—also present challenges to other decarbonization efforts, such as the rollout of electric vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center Next year, the electricity bills for twenty percent of Americans will start reflecting the high cost of failing to transition to clean energy. The cost of lining up those resources has skyrocketed—by a factor of almost seven—to a record high level. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

The Sebree Solar II project is set to begin construction in early 2025 and commence commercial operation by the end of 2026. Dickinson will be paying for an amount of energy equal to approximately 75% percent of the electricity used by its campus, with the remainder being satisfied by the college’s 3 MW Solar Field.

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