OMAHA (DTN) The future remains in flux for the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), as court cases continue to play out and the potential for yet again more changes to the Clean Water Act remains in play for the next administration.
Legal battles continue in several courts, where states and environmental groups have challenged the new rule.
SOUTH CAROLINA CHALLENGE
A federal court will hear arguments from EPA and environmental groups on a pair of motions for summary judgment in one ongoing lawsuit challenging the rule.
The U.S. District Court of the District of South Carolina in Charleston set a Feb. 4 hearing in this case.
Dominion’s costly expansion plans sent back to drawing board
COLUMBIA, SC A South Carolina regulatory board rejected Dominion Energy’s expensive and predictable plans to provide power to its customers over the next decades, saying the Virginia-based utility had given short shrift to cost-saving options like energy-efficiency upgrades and broader adoption of renewable energy sources.
The rare rebuke of a large power company effectively sends Dominion Energy back to the drawing board with requirements to do more homework before appearing again before the Public Service Commission. Dominion had asked the commission to approve the company’s “Integrated Resource Plan,” a multi-decade road map that outlines how the utility plans to provide electricity to customers in an economical and sustainable way.