The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Jan. 25 granted a permit for Spectra Energy’s proposed Atlantic Bridge pipeline, a $450-million project set to expand natural-gas transport from the Marcellus shale region into New England and Canada.
South Carolina legislators have taken steps to strengthen the state’s dam-safety laws, which came under fire after more than 30 structures failed during a 1,000-year flood event in October 2015.
A bill to speed approval of advanced nuclear technologies and another to change the way the Dept. of Energy’s national laboratories are managed are among a handful of energy measures the House has passed in the first weeks of its new session.
Final approval of hundreds of interstate pipelines, transmission lines and
liquefied-natural-gas projects will be delayed for months because the Trump administration has changed leadership at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Despite the Trump Administration's apparent focus on fossil fuel development, renewable energy is set to grow with standards in place in more than 29 states, including many with carve outs for offshore wind.
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