In my September 14 post, I predicted that coal-based generating companies operating in carbon trading areas would begin acquiring nuclear assets as a way of hedging against carbon prices. Platts Commodity News quotes an NRG Energy official as saying the company (which operates in the RGGI area, and whose generating assets are primarily coal-fired)...
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Natural gas lobby launches new PR campaign to gasify Nanticoke
It looks like Jack Gibbons, the never-say-die head of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, is back trying to land the juicy Nanticoke gas contract for his clients in the natural gas industry. The July 21st Toronto Star wrote up the OCAA’s most recent report, in which Gibbons, furious with the McGuinty government for backing...
Harper and Kyoto: emissions trading in Canada?
In my May 19 post I harped on about the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in Europe. What does that have to do with Canada? The ETS covers companies roughly similar to what we in Canada call the Large Final Emitters (LFEs). With much prodding from activist Environment ministers in the former Liberal government, federal...
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