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It's time to prepare for the coming week with the EnerKnol Week Ahead, powered by the EnerKnol Platform. Coming up, the EPA is due to receive input on its rollback of Obama-era fuel economy and emission regulations for light vehicles; Federal regulators prepare the final environmental impact study for Venture Global's massive natural gas project in Louisiana; New Jersey's consumers will be charged for the 'clean' electricity provided by the state's nuclear plants as part of the zero emission certificate program. | |
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FERC Venture Global's $4.25B Plant Review The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will issue the final environmental impact assessment for Venture Global LNG Inc.'s Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas plant. The federal regulator had previously found in its draft impact study that the project would cause some adverse environmental impacts that could be mitigated to less-than-significant levels through recommended measures. The project, to be located in Cameron Parish, consists of nine liquefaction blocks with 1.41 billion cubic feet per day of capacity, and the $344-million TransCameron Pipeline Project, able to ship 1.9 million dekatherms per day of supplies, as well as a 720-megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle gas generator. Venture Global expects the project to begin commercial operation in 2022. (CP15-551-000)
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DOE SAFE Vehicle Standards Deadline
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are scheduled to receive comments on their proposal to retain the fuel economy standards for cars and light-duty trucks at 37 miles per gallon from 2021 through 2026, rolling back a 2012 rule that called for reaching 46.7 miles per gallon target in 2025. The proposal also calls for a new 50-state standard for fuel economy and tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions standard for cars and light trucks for model years 2021 to 2026. It would withdraw a 2013 waiver that permits California to impose more stringent emissions standards. EPA projects the standards to reduce over $250 billion in regulatory costs and over $500 billion in societal costs over the lifetime of the vehicles through 2029. (EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0283) | | | |
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EIA Monthly Energy Report
The U.S. Energy Information Administration will issue its Monthly Energy Review, providing data on energy production, consumption, prices and trade. U.S. net natural gas exports averaged 0.87 billion cubic feet per day during the first six months of this year, more than double the amount during all of 2017, which marked the first time the U.S. became a net exporter in almost 60 years. (Previous Report) | | | |
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NY PSC Value Stack Working Group Deadline
The New York Public Service Commission is scheduled to receive comments on an impact analyses study from the state's utilities looking at community distributed generation. The regulator proposed revisions to how utilities should pay for distributed energy generation to more accurately reflect the environmental and system benefit of the supplies. Staff with the agency also recommended revisions that they said could help drive an additional 1,000 megawatts of new community solar power. (15-E-0751) | | | |
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NJ BPU Nuclear Subsidy Program Deadline The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is scheduled to receive a tariff from electric distribution companies to recover a $0.004 per kilowatt-hour charge from their retail customers reflecting the emissions avoidance benefits associated with the continued operation of nuclear plants in the state. The Zero Emission Certificate, or ZEC, program was established under legislation enacted in May to compensate the fuel diversity and zero-carbon attributes of nuclear power. The law established a $300 million annual subsidy for the state's nuclear plants, which account for 39 percent of its electricity generation. New Jersey was home to the 1.2-gigawatt Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station owned by Public Service Enterprise Group, the 2.3-gigawatt Salem Nuclear Power Plant co-owned by Public Service and Exelon Corporation and the 625-megawatt Oyster Creek Generating Station, also owned by Exelon. Oyster Creek was permanently shut down last month. (EO18080899)
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