An Executive Summary of the Clean Power Plan Court Briefings includes "Twenty-eight states and over 120 companies and organizations are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan regulations. On February 9, 2016, the United States Supreme Court issued an unprecedented stay of the rule pending review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Arguments were scheduled in front of a three-judge panel June 2-3, 2016. However, in an unexpected move, the Court announced that the battle over the Clean Power Plan will skip customary review by the three-judge panel and instead go before the full court in September."
Southern Spirit Line: High Voltage Hype, Low Impact for Texas
The proposed Southern Spirit transmission line connecting Texas to Louisiana and Mississippi has generated a lot of headlines over the past week, with my favorite coming from the publication Electrek: “Hell froze over in Texas—the state will connect to the U.S. grid for the first time via a fed grant.” I laughed. The article fails...