State and federal command-and-control regulation of emissions from fossil-fuel electric power generating plants.
I. INTRODUCTION In 2001, the public was fed a steady diet of news stories concerning electrical energy shortages and escalating prices. California received the most attention after experiencing power blackouts, rationing, and staggering increases in annual electric power costs. (1) Some industry interests attempted to use the...

Substitution and price effects of carbon emission penalties on C[O.sub.2] emissions reduction from electric power plants.
Eight years after its inception, the Kyoto Protocol finally entered into force on February 16, 2005. In this respect, it is imperative to explore different greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions reduction options in developing countries under the Kyoto Protocol. A number of analyses reveal that half of the global emission...

Host states to get more free hydel power.
Byline: Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI: Private and public sector companies interested in setting up hydro-electric power plants would have to give additional free power to the host state. The condition to give free power to the host state is being raised from 12% to 13% of actual...

Host states to get extra hydel power from generating firms.
Byline: Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI: Private and public sector companies interested in setting up hydro electric power plants would to have give additional free power to the host state. The condition to give free power to the host state is being raised from 12% to 13% of...

Pointless PC pollution.
Pointless PC Pollution Number of office personal computers in use in the United 104 million States (2007 est.) Estimated maximum share left on overnight (percent) 60 Resulting quantity of C[O.sub.2] emitted per year by 14.4 million electric power plants (tons) Number of automobiles it takes to emit the same...

Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - October 6, 2008.
Article by Kyle W. Danish, Shelley N. Fidler, Andrea Hudson Campbell and Kevin M. Gallagher To receive the Weekly Update via email, visit our Sign Up/Subscribe page http://www.vnf.com/news-signup.html Commentary According to industry sources, we may see action in the House of Representatives this week: the...

Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - October 20, 2008.
Article by Kyle W. Danish, Shelley N. Fidler, Andrea Hudson Campbell and Kevin M. Gallagher To receive the Weekly Update via email, visit our Sign Up/Subscribe page http://www.vnf.com/news-signup.html Commentary The top energy and environment advisor to the Obama campaign has said that, absent Congressional action,...

Greetings from M street!
We returned reenergized from a fruitful Convention 2008 in Portland. And now, as our Web site splash page counts down to November 4, our activity level is high and mainly focused on Election Day and the predicted huge voter turnout. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Although I will...

SWEPCO Seeks Arkansas Base Rate Increase.
SHREVEPORT, La., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), a unit of American Electric Power , today submitted to the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) a request to increase the company's Arkansas non-fuel base rates by $53.9 million. If approved, the increase in base rates would be...

Full speed ahead; DRS Power Technology of Fitchburg takes over where GE left off.
Byline: Martin Luttrell F ITCHBURG - When three engineers from the General Electric Co. steam turbine plant on Boulder Drive decided to form their own startup company in the weeks before GE pulled the plug on its local operations in 1998, their expertise and contacts with the...