To Coal or Not to Coal: That is the Question Probably Best Left Unanswered for Now

It’s no secret that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the coal industry are at a constant battle with one another; one side fighting for change, the other fighting to remain the same. In recent years, the EPA has taken strong measures to restyle America’s energy production. The imperfectly-shaped black mineral that was once regarded […]

The US Environmental Agenda Might Finally Bring an Electric Power System Operator to the West

The last 20 years or so have been very eventful for the U.S. power industry, with markets opening and the government exercising its authority by stipulating what type of generation should be used for electricity production. It has been less than 20 years since FERC’s Order 888 of 1996 effectively unbundled the generation and transmission […]