Replaces Obama-era regulation of GHGs from the power sector with modest efficiency improvement mandate that will curb GHG emissions by 1.5% below current projected levels by 2030.
Updated lastAugust 23, 2018
for the 8/20/2018 pre-publication version of the ACE rule.
Affirms that existing PJM capacity market bidding rules must be changed to adequately address subsidized resources, while rejecting two PJM proposals to do so, and suggesting framework around which PJM must adopt new rules.
Original Development Brief – Phase I of a planned two-pase modification of a 2015 rule regulating coal ash disposal under RCRA to allow coal ash waste site operators increased regulatory flexibility, diminish monitoring and remediation practices, and reduce federal oversight.
Updated lastAugust 3, 2018
for the 07/17/2018 Final Rule, published in the Federal Register on 7/30/2018.
Directs NERC to modify its Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards to broaden and standardize mandatory reporting of cyber security incidents.
Updated lastAugust 2, 2018
for the 7/19/2018 Final Rule, published in the Federal Register on 7/31/2018.
Escalates the Trump administration's efforts to bail out unprofitable coal and nuclear power plants by directing the Secretary of Energy to stop their retirement.
Original Development Brief – Revises and overturns a number of Obama administration environmental regulations concerning oil and gas extraction on Bureau of Land Management lands.