CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 10 -- Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Weather permitting, Appalachian Power will begin an aerial maintenance program this week. This program is necessary for maintaining the rights-of-way for some power lines in West Virginia, and it will be executed by applying herbicides via helicopter. "The company generally makes aerial maintenance applications only in less populated areas where terrain and accessibili  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 10, 2024: * * * The EPA Power Plant Rule amid Demand Growth By Cy McGeady The Power Line is a newsletter series that reviews key stories in the electric power sector--ranging from grid reliability, transmission issues, and emergent technology and business models. The Power Line will highlight the connections and relevance between the sector's technical, local, and often esoteric st  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers traveled to Warsaw, Poland, during the first week of April to support the opening of Poland's first Clean Energy Training Center, or CETC, a regional hub dedicated to providing workforce development and training to expand new nuclear capacity in Central Europe. The center is a joint effort between the U.S. Department of  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release: Today, The Heritage Foundation launched a new project titled "Chinese Handcuffs: China's Immobilizing Trap on U.S. Energy, Security, and Prosperity." The four-part project--which will be released over this year--explores the Chinese Communist Party's calculated strategy to control "green energy" sources and the consequences of the American Left's determination to collaborate with the CCP in their crusade against cli  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 11 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that he and a coalition of his fellow attorneys general have filed a multistate lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review and declare unlawful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently-released new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. "This rule is a clear  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 11 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a 14-state coalition in filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit a petition for review against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The petition challenges the EPA's final rule amending its Risk Management Program (RMP) under the Clean Air Act. The rule places onerous accident prevention program req  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on May 10, 2024: * * * Pushing Back on Unworkable Executive Mandates In 2014, President Obama famously said, "I've got a pen and I've got a phone," telling the American people he didn't care whether Congress had provided legislative authority for his favored policies--he would go it alone whenever he felt like it. Ten years later, Obama's then-Vice President, now-President Joe Biden has been ruling in the same fa  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on May 9, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken on Europe Day: * * * On behalf of the American people, I am happy to join the citizens of the European Union as you celebrate Europe Day. Seventy-four years ago, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman shared his vision of a community of nations that could build a more prosperous future for the people of Europe. That idea led to the formation of the European Coal and St  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 11 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 25-state coalition in a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review and declare unlawful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently-released new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The rule would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack e  more