Morgan Meguire News

At a meeting in Detroit on Monday May 14, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, John Dingell (D-MI), rejected suggestions to advance a carbon tax, and said he would continue to work from the political center and, instead, craft an economy-wide, cap-and-trade proposal to curb global warming.  The Chairman also described ...

Later this week, the House will debate the 2008 Fiscal Year Department of Defense (DOD) authorization bill, H.R. 1585.  Included within the measure is a provision developed by Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Ed Markey (D-MA), and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), and supported by 11 former Pentagon ...

On May 11, Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Gordon Smith (R-OR) and John Kerry (D-MA) introduced, S. 1370, a comprehensive energy tax incentives bill, entitled the "Clean Energy Incentive Assurance Act," to advance development of renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts.  The bill includes, among other things, a five-year ...

On May 10, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee held a re-nomination hearing for Joseph Kelliher, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Ranking Member Pete Domenici (R-NM), along with Sens. Larry Craig (R-ID), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Craig Thomas (R-WY), Ron Wyden ...

On May 4, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), introduced S. 1291, the "Wind Energy Development Act of 2007," a bill that would extend for four years the (Section 45) production tax credit for eligible renewable energy resources and the (Section 54) Clean Renewable Energy Bond (CREB) program for consumer owner utilities, and others incentives.  ...

The USCAP Coalition, started several months ago by BP, GE, DuPont, several investor-owned utilities and environmental groups, recently announced it would add 14 members to its ranks.  The American International Group, Boston Scientific Corp, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemical Co., Johnson & Johnson, Royal Dutch Shell, the Nature Conservancy and ...

On April 26, the Department of Energy (DOE) released two draft National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors ("NIETC") designations.  The two DOE-designated areas are in regions of the country where consumers are negatively affected by lack of transmission capacity or congestion.  The first proposed corridor is for the ...

Yesterday, the PJM Interconnection announced it expects to have enough power to keep the lights on this summer.  PJM expects summer electricity demand to peak at 136,961 MW, down from last year's record peak of 144,644 MW.  The organization expects to have 160,680 MW of firmly committed capacity available, with an additional 3,600 MW ...