Dive Brief: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week updated its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) to accommodate four struggling coal plants across Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The plants all burn low-quality coal refuse — waste abandoned from years of mining and burning coal in the states. Under the Obama-era MATS standards, these plants did not … [Read more...] about EPA rule change to save 4 coal plants across Pennsylvania, West Virginia
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Xcel sells 720 MW gas plant less than 3 months after purchasing through unregulated subsidiary
Dive Brief: Xcel Energy on Monday announced the sale of its 720 MW natural gas plant, despite less than three months ago creating an unregulated subsidiary to purchase the plant, and previously naming it a "critical" step toward the utility's 2050 carbon-free goals. Xcel purchased the Mankato Energy Center (MEC) on Jan. 17 through a newly-formed unregulated subsidiary after … [Read more...] about Xcel sells 720 MW gas plant less than 3 months after purchasing through unregulated subsidiary