All Posts Tagged With: "coal-fired plants"
Crackdown on Coal: Implications of the MACT Rule for the Coal Industry
The MACT rule — which stands for Maximum Achievable Control Technology — will establish hazardous air pollutant emission standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers that burn fuels such as natural gas, coal, and oil to produce heat or electricity.
23Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Poll: Coloradoans Prefer Natural Gas, Renewables Over Coal
And by a wide margin: 79 percent of those surveyed prefer renewable energy and natural gas over coal, with 76 percent supporting Xcel’s plan, mandated by last session’s House Bill 1365. The poll results were unveiled yesterday ahead of the COPUC’s deliberations over a controversial energy bill passed last legislative session.
22Sep2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
West Slope Miners Protest Coal Bill
“You might wonder why I got all the applause,” he said speaking to a crowd of hundreds. “It’s (because) I’m just one of the coal miners here. I’m one of the ones … afraid this bill is going to do away with my job.” Winey was one of several coal miners who spoke to members of the Colorado PUC yesterday in Grand Junction during a public input session on the fallout of the Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act.
1Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Xcel Lays Out Plan for Natural Gas Conversion of Metro Denver Power Plants
The proposal from the state’s largest utility, which still faces months of public input at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, would phase out coal-fired generators in Denver and Boulder — like the contentious Valmont facility pictured — and retool most units to run on cleaner natural gas.
17Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
EPA Tackles Coal Ash with Hearing in Denver
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected Denver as one of five sites for public hearings scheduled nationwide on proposed rules for coal ash from power plants. The meeting will take place on September 2nd at the Grand Hyatt on Welton Street.
26Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Regional Perspective —
A Tale of Two Coal-Fired Plants
The close links between mining and energy production are hardly limited to Illinois. Big coal has a big interest in seeing a new Sunflower plant built in Kansas. Colorado’s Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has promised to purchase electricity from Kansas and numbers Sunflower among its members.
14Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
In Their Own Words — Hickenlooper Vs. McInnis Transcript
McInnis: We have so many Colorado products, we have such a great future ahead if, in fact, we get the right leadership in place. Whether it’s clean coal, whether it’s solar, natural gas. Now we’ve got significant oil finds.
30Jun2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Commentary: Colorado’s Big Carbon Spill
In recent weeks, Xcel has begun full operation of the new 750 MW coal plant in Pueblo. While Pueblo bears all of the pollution from the coal plant, essentially all of the electricity will be used in places like Denver and Boulder; Pueblo, already the home of two other Xcel coal plants, gets almost none of the electricity.
27May2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Ritter Signs Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act Into Law
The measure brought together an unusual coalition of supporters that are normally on opposite sides of the issues, including the Governor’s biggest Republican critic, Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry of Grand Junction, and the state’s natural-gas industry.
19Apr2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
State’s Fuel Switching Ignites Heated Debate
Underlying supporters’ argument that the impact on ratepayers would be relatively minimal is an assumption that utilities could obtain long-term natural gas supply contracts — but that hasn’t been the norm between power companies and natural gas producers.
6Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Senate Gives Preliminary Approval
to Coal Plant Measure
Utilities that own coal-fired power plants would be be required to submit plans to the Public Utilities Commission by Aug. 15 on an emissions-reduction plan that covers 900 megawatts or 50 percent of the utility’s generating capacity, whichever is less. The measure received support from all but three Democrats, and only three Republican votes.
31Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Coal Fight Could See Repeat at Nation’s Capital
A fight in the state legislature over a bill that could require the state’s largest utility to switch from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas may be a precursor to a bigger battle in Washington over climate legislation.
25Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act Generating
Widespread Support
“Republicans and Democrats, power companies and energy producers, doctors and conservationists all have worked together to craft this smart, clean air solution for Colorado,” said Vickie Patton, a senior clean air attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund.
22Mar2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
We need to promote export terminals to liquify and ship natural gas to markets in Asia and Euroupe. The US ...
Natural Gas can be consumed so efficiently that the WATER can even be recovered from the combusted exhaust gases.
Going ...
Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for implementation of audit recommendations. Even small rebates will have little impact ...
Re: Natural gas generation wasn’t included in the final analysis but is generally assumed to emit about half as much ...
Disclosure MIGHT prevent pollution if there was a watchdog agency that ruled yes or no on particular chemicals before they ...
Having just read Tom Gray's article 'Fred Udo's bogus numbers' I get the feeling I haven't understood whats going on. ...
I agree with you kirsch. I knew this article had the stench of industry money as soon add I read ...
Can someone explain how disclosure prevents pollution? They can still release air toxins and they are still not held ...