Category — DOE News

On January 5, 2012, the White House launched an initiative to enhance the security and reliability of the nation’s electrical grid.  The initiative is known as the Electric Sector Cyber-Security Risk Management Maturity Project.  [Read more →]

On December 1, 2011, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) and EPA presented a united front in announcing the release of a DOE report, Resource Adequacy Implications of Forthcoming EPA Air Quality Regulations, which shows the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”) and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (“MATS”) will not affect grid reliability. [Read more →]

On November 4, 2011, Gregory H. Friedman, the Inspector General of the Department of Energy (“DOE”), issued a Management Alert with regard to the Western Area Power Administration’s (“WAPA”) borrowing authority under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”). [Read more →]

On October 28, 2011, White House Chief of Staff, William Daley, announced that there will be an independent analysis of the Department of Energy (“DOE”) loan portfolio, and particularly more than two dozen renewable energy loans and loan guarantees made by the DOE program.  [Read more →]

On October 11, 2011, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy (“DOE”) will not delegate its authority to establish national electric transmission corridors to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”).  [Read more →]