Electrical Generation

Renovo Energy Center Signals It Will Comply with Lower Air Permit

Last week MDN told you that three radical environmental groups challenging an air permit issued by the Pennsylvania Dept. of… Continue reading The post Renovo Energy Center Signals It Will Comply with Lower Air Permit first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Obscure EPA Reg Change Creates Big Problems for LNG, Pipelines

The left finds the most devious ways to sink their claws into the fabric of American society and force it… Continue reading The post Obscure EPA Reg Change Creates Big Problems for LNG, Pipelines first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA Supreme Court Keeps Block in RGGI Carbon Tax in Place, For Now

In a small but important victory against Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s effort to force the state to join the Regional… Continue reading The post PA Supreme Court Keeps Block in RGGI Carbon Tax in Place, For Now first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Radicals Win Challenge Against Renovo Energy Center in NCPA

In May 2021, the radicals from PennFuture, the Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council, and the so-called Center for Biological Diversity (better… Continue reading The post Radicals Win Challenge Against Renovo Energy Center in NCPA first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA Legislature Could Block RGGI Carbon Tax by Passing SB 106

If you live in Pennsylvania and listen to (or read) the media at all, you have likely heard about Senate… Continue reading The post PA Legislature Could Block RGGI Carbon Tax by Passing SB 106 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA Commonwealth Court Blocks RGGI Carbon Tax Pending Fall Trial

We finally have some good news to share with respect to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s foolish plan to force PA’s… Continue reading The post PA Commonwealth Court Blocks RGGI Carbon Tax Pending Fall Trial first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Utica-Fired Trumbull Energy Center a Go After Vote by Warren, OH

In January 2017 Clean Energy Future (CEF), based in Massachusetts, announced it would build a second Utica gas-fired power plant… Continue reading The post Utica-Fired Trumbull Energy Center a Go After Vote by Warren, OH first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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West Virginia Wins Supreme Court Case Against EPA re Power Plants

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. EPA that changes everything. It’s hard to… Continue reading The post West Virginia Wins Supreme Court Case Against EPA re Power Plants first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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U.S. Power Generators Switch from Coal to NatGas Lifting Prices

Production of coal is down in the U.S. Exports of coal are up. Given its scarcity, the price of coal… Continue reading The post U.S. Power Generators Switch from Coal to NatGas Lifting Prices first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Big Step – Georgia Power Uses 20% Hydrogen Mix in Power Plant

In April MDN told you about a world first when the gas-fired power plant (currently powered by Utica Shale gas)… Continue reading The post Big Step – Georgia Power Uses 20% Hydrogen Mix in Power Plant first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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SWPA NatGas Fuel Cell Backed by EQT Wins Product Certification

A fuel cell manufacturer located in Westmoreland County, PA, WATT Fuel Cell, disclosed in February that it had closed on… Continue reading The post SWPA NatGas Fuel Cell Backed by EQT Wins Product Certification first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Hudson River Gas-Fired Plant Loses Appeal of Permit Rejection

Big Green groups are rejoicing that they have convinced a New York State judge to rule that an existing natural… Continue reading The post Hudson River Gas-Fired Plant Loses Appeal of Permit Rejection first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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DTE Energy’s Michigan Gas-Fired Plant Begins Commercial Operation

In August 2018 DTE Energy broke ground on a new state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plant in St. Clair County, Michigan… Continue reading The post DTE Energy’s Michigan Gas-Fired Plant Begins Commercial Operation first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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OH Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Overturn Nuke Bailout Law

There is finally movement in Ohio to repeal an odious law passed by Ohio’s Republican-controlled legislature called House Bill 6, which funnels over $1 billion from Ohio ratepayers to FirstEnergy Corporation in order to keep the company’s unprofitable nuclear power plants running (while disadvantaging other power sources, like gas-fired plants). FirstEnergy is accused of bribing

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Why PA Gov. Wolf’s RGGI Carbon Tax Needs Legislative Approval

Whether or not you agree with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s idiotic plan to join something called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a carbon tax that will force PA residents to pay $2.36 billion in higher electric costs over a 10-year period (and shut down coal and gas-fired power plants), there is one thing we

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