SCOTUS Stays Clean Power Plan

02/23/2016

The Clean Power Plan could cause electricity prices to increase around 15 percent a year on average, and as much as 22 percent on peak years.

TAGS: Clean Power Plan, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Jeff Landry

Louisiana Need Not Rush Implementation of EPA Rule

02/04/2016

According to the plan, Louisiana will have to lower its carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 30 percent of 2012 levels by 2030. Since renewable sources are much more expensive than coal, energy costs will increase drastically, and families and businesses will be burdened with tough financial decisions.

TAGS: Clean Power Plan, EPA

New Study: EPA Regulations to Increase Louisiana Electricity Prices by 22 Percent

By Margaret Viator

02/23/2015

Today the Pelican Institute for Public Policy is releasing a new study by economists at the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University which finds that the three recent Environmental Protection Agency regulations on mercury and carbon dioxide emissions will increase Louisiana electricity prices by 22 percent by 2030.

TAGS: Clean Power Plan, Environmental Protection Agency

Pelican Institute Opposes EPA Clean Power Plan

By Margaret Viator

12/04/2014

This week the Pelican Institute for Public Policy submitted public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency opposing EPA’s Clean Power Plan, which would increase electricity prices and raise reliability concerns in Louisiana.

TAGS: Clean Power Plan, energy, environment, Environmental Protection Agency

The Proposed Freeport McMoran Settlement: Ineffective by Design

The proposed settlement is heralded by some as a major victory, supposedly securing $100 million for the state to use for coastal restoration. In reality, the proposed settlement, if adopted, would yield nowhere near $100 million and divert much of the money it did raise to unrelated government spending. Two key flaws undermine the settlement’s...

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