WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12387) on EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund on Oct. 27, 2023, by environmental policy specialist Richard K. Lattanzio: * * * EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed H.R. 5376 (P.L. 117-169), a budget reconciliation measure commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). IRA contains eight titles, each with some provisions  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 28 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2023: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today released two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for new grid-scale zero carbon electricity resources. The proposals will help advance Governor Lamont's Energy Action Plan to improve energy affordability and reliability for Connecticut ratepayers, and help achieve the state  more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Oct. 28 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2023: Duke Energy today announced it soon will break ground in DeBary, Fla., on the first demonstration project in the United States to successfully create clean energy using an end-to-end system to produce, store and combust 100% green hydrogen. The innovative system is the result of collaboration between Duke Energy, Sargent and Lundy, and GE Vernova and will be located at Duke Energy Florida's DeBa  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following statement on Oct. 27, 2023: * * * Bills passed by the Michigan Senate last night will drastically increase Michigan's energy costs and harm energy reliability. The Senate passed SB 271, SB 273 and SB 502, which would require the state to use 100% clean energy by 2040. Below is a statement from Jason Hayes, director of energy and environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. "While recogn  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced over $14 million in awards for 11 under-resourced public-school districts to decarbonize their buildings through the Clean Green Schools initiative. The projects will lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce the school's reliance on fossil fuels and improve the indoor air quality by installing ground source heat pumps, air source heat pumps and elec  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 28 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release: State regulators have authorized a major solar power plant in Mason County. New Haven PV I was given the green light by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to site a 100-megawatt solar electric generating facility on 1,555 acres in Mason County 3 1/2 miles south of New Haven. The company applied for the permit on Aug. 18, citing legislation passed in 2020 to encou  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 28 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issud the following statement on Oct. 27, 2023: * * * Today Georgia Power filed an off-cycle integrated resource plan asking the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve a significant increase in fossil fuels, adding about 30% more methane gas and oil to its long-term energy plan. Bypassing the normal timeframe for integrated resource planning proceedings, a process that happens once every three years with the next one sch  more