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May 5, 2025
In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: Campaign to ban plastic bottles spreads to Nevada, Republican energy regulators tout success in letter to feds, Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025, At a glance: Connecticut
Plus: Stocker: President Trump’s coal policy is a win for Nebraska and America
Nevada lawmakers are weighing legislation that would ban the sale or distribution of plastic water bottles of four liters or less in the watershed around Lake Tahoe, which would make it the fifth state with at least a partial ban on plastic water bottles.
Utility regulators in nine states recently asked President Donald Trump’s administration to respect the success regulated monopoly utilities have had producing reliable and inexpensive electricity as a new task force looks to roll back anti-competitive laws and regulations.
Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).
A snapshot of energy and environmental facts about the state of Connecticut.
President Trump recently took bold, necessary action to reframe America’s energy policy around facts and logic – not wishful thinking. Through a series of executive orders, he affirmed the critical role that coal will continue to play in meeting our nation’s energy needs, especially as we prepare for a surge in energy demand driven by a resurgence in manufacturing and the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI).
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