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  • Unions Suggest Tax to Fund Sequestration Research

    On April 6, the coal-industry labor unions, hoping to raise large amounts of money to jump-start carbon sequestration and storage demonstration projects, floated a proposal to levy a tax on delivered coal.  The proposal is part of a strategy by coal companies to find a way to remain competitive in the event of the implementation of a carbon ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on April 10, 2007
  • FERC Sends Report to Congress on Wholesale Electric Markets

    On April 6, the Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force sent a final 191 page report to Congress on the "competition within wholesale and retail markets for electric energy in the U.S." as required by Section 1815 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 05).  The five member Task Force, consisted of a representative from ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on April 10, 2007
  • Environmental Report on Cape Wind Delayed

    As reported in Greenwire, the Mineral Management Service, a federal agency charged with issuing a federal environmental assessment of  the offshore Cape Wind project, off the Massachusetts coast, will not be released this month as expected.  The Mineral Management Service said the report is "taking longer than expected" and ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on April 10, 2007
  • Reed Secures Additional LIHEAP Funding in Supplemental War Bill

    Prior to the Congressional recess, Jack Reed (D-RI), Co-Chair of the Northeast Midwest Senate Coalition, was instrumental in securing an additional $320 million in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) program as part of Senate-passed supplemental appropriations bill -- which still needs to be reconciled with the House-passed version before ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on April 10, 2007
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