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Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal) Newsletter for Thursday March 02, 2023 ( 4 items )  

Capito Votes To Overturn Biden Rule Politicizing Americans' 401Ks, Challenge Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) voted in favor of a Congressional Review Act of Disapproval -- led by U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.)--regarding the Biden administration's Department of Labor rule allowing retirement plan fiduciaries to consider environmental, social, governance (ESG) factors in their investment actions. This disapproval resolution passed the Senat  more

Daines: Biden, Senate Democrats Worship A Green Religion
WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following remarks on Feb. 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered the following remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference slamming the Biden administration for their proposed rule that would ban fifty percent of gas stoves and push their woke green agenda on Montanans. "You know things are getting bad when a left of center European leader, specifically Germany, is lecturing Senate Democrats ab  more

European Commission Extends In-Depth Investigation Into Germany's Plans For Early Closure Of Lignite-Fired Power Plants
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 2 -- The European Commission issued the following news release: The European Commission has extended the scope of its ongoing in-depth inquiry into Germany's plans to compensate lignite-fired power plants operators for the early phase out. The extended investigation concerns an amendment to the agreement between Germany and RWE for the accelerated lignite phase-out in the Rhenish lignite mining area. In March 2021, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation to ass  more

Kentucky PSC Issues Order Involving Big Rivers Electric
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 2 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00268) on March 1, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination Of The Application Of The Fuel Adjustment Clause Of Big Rivers Electric Corporation From November 1, 2021 Through April 30, 2022 ORDER This matter arises on two motions filed by Big Rivers Electric Corporation (BREC). On September 30, 2022, BREC filed a motion, pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001E, Section 13, and KR  more