WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11455) on the Section 45Q tax credit for carbon sequestration on Aug. 25, 2023, by environmental policy analyst Angela C. Jones and public finance specialist Donald J. Marples. Here are excerpts: * * * The Section 45Q Tax Credit for Carbon Sequestration Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies are intended to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel-fired power  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Ties to Saudi Arabia, unpaid taxes, attack ads: here's what you might have missed this week in West Virginia's "messy," "costly," and "bruising" GOP primary. * Jim Justice said the the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tournament -- which was held at Justice's resort earlier this month -- was a "great event" and reaffirmed his position that "Saudi Arabia is a great ally of the United States." This comes   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 26 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: August 25, 2023 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisions a  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Aug. 26 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2021-00295) on Aug. 25, 22023: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination Of The Application Of The Fuel Adjustment Clause Of Louisville Gas & Electric Company From November 1, 2020 Through April 30, 2021 ORDER On September 1, 2021, Louisville Gas & Electronic Company (LG&E) filed a petition, pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13, and KRS 61.878, requesting that the Commission g  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: An analysis of the potential safety issues associated with using hydrogen sourced from America's vast energy resources to build a sustainable future is now available for all to see on NETL's website. The Hydrogen Safety Review for Gas Turbines, SOFC, and High Temperature Hydrogen Production was developed to review and summarize the unique safety challen  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: * * * Abstract Financial institutions' investment and lending portfolios could be affected by both physical climate risks stemming from impacts related to increasing temperatures, and from transition climate risks stemming from the economic consequences of the shift to a low-carbon economy. Here we present a consistent framework to explore n  more