Morgan Meguire News

In mid-December, the U.S. Treasury sent letters to public power utilities and others indicating whether they had secured Clean Renewable Energy Bond (CREB) allocations or not.  This second round of CREB allocations was initiated in December 2006, when Congress authorized an additional $400 million in bonding authority to assist governmental ...

After a flurry of last minute activity, the House of Representatives adjourned on December 19, and the Senate went into a "pro forma" session -- thus ending the first year of the 110th Congress.  Just prior to this action, Congress passed and the President signed H.R. 6, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.  The ...

APPA is in the process of developing a one-day "Grassroots Summit" for its members and other interested stakeholders in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, January 31, 2008, as part of its ongoing Electric Market Reform Initiative (EMRI).  All APPA members are encouraged to attend this event.  The purpose of the summit is to brief ...

Sixteen states, led by California, Vermont, and New York, agreed on January 2 to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for blocking their state plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. California Attorney General Jerry Brown Jr. filed the lawsuit with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit saying that EPA was ...

On December 19, the Senate reconfirmed Joseph Kelliher and Jon Wellinghoff for another term at FERC.  Chairman Kelliher was re-nominated for a term to last through 2012.  Wellinghoff's new term will end in 2013. The pair's confirmation was not a surprise once Wellinghoff  - a Democrat - was renominated by President Bush in ...