Report- When, Not If: Bridgeport’s Future and the Closing of PSEG’s Coal Plant
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Move to Close Loophole on U.S. Coal-Export Royalties; Prairie State Hires a New CEO; Wind-Energy Outlook
REUTERS HAS AN IMPORTANT SCOOP THIS MORNING on U.S. government preparations to close an accounting loophole that helps coal companies make tens of million of dollars in profits off federal coal leases at the expense of taxpayers. The article, by Patrick Rucker, chronicles a Reuters investigation into how coal companies “stood to pocket an additional […]
Bridgeport ‘Weighs Future’ of Its Coal Plant
The Connecticut Post is out today with an update on opposition to the coal-fired plant that provides electricity to Bridgeport, Conn. The City Council on Monday passed a non-binding resolution to shut the plant, owned by PSEG. Excerpts: – “One part of the resolution called on plant owner PSEG to ‘phase out the coal-fired electricity […]
Report claims that Bridgeport Harbor coal unit is uneconomic
By Barry Cassell, Generation Hub – Group says PSEG should look at retiring one of the last New England coal units “A new report cautions that Public Service Enterprise Group’s (NYSE: PEG) Bridgeport Harbor Unit 3 – the last coal-fired power facility in Connecticut and one of the few remaining such facilities in New England – […]
Future dim for Connecticut’s last coal-fired power plant
By Luther Turmelle, New Haven Register – BRIDGEPORT – “Connecticut’s last coal-fired power plant may not be around much longer if the projections of a Cleveland-based energy economics firm are correct…. Power generators in New England are required to notify ISO-New England if they wish to permanently shut down their plants, said Lacey Ryan, a […]
Report calls for shutting down coal plant
By Brian Lockhart, Connecticut Post – BRIDGEPORT – “The South End’s coal-fired electric plant — the last in the state and the city’s third-highest taxpayer — is belching cash along with smoke from its landmark candy-cane stack. That’s the conclusion of the nonprofit Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, which Wednesday released a report showing […]
IEEFA Puerto Rico: PREPA privatization plan overlooks unionized workers as best asset
Honoring collective bargaining agreements is fiscally sound and economically necessary
Puerto Rico’s Senate and House of Representatives are finalizing an energy policy bill that amends the existing privatization plan for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). One of the remaining issues is whether to require future private utility owners to honor existing PREPA collective bargaining agreements with labor unions. The legislature should protect these […]