Tag #Energy Policy

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Greece Launches Dynamic Electricity Tariffs for Businesses in 2025

Greece's energy market is changing in 2025: dynamic orange tariffs for businesses start in February, reflecting hourly market prices. The 'night' tariff becomes a 'two-zone' tariff, affecting 1.5 million consumers. Fixed tariffs under 12 months end January 17th.

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Affordable and Clean Energy
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Iran's Energy Crisis: Sanctions and Mismanagement Cause Power Rationing and Pollution

Iran, with the world's second-largest natural gas reserves, faces a severe energy crisis due to exceeding demand, forcing power rationing, school closures, and the burning of polluting Masut oil for power generation; this is attributed to Western sanctions hindering investment and internal misalloca...

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Affordable and Clean Energy
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New Rules Target Methane Leaks From Gas Meters

The Biden administration is finalizing rules requiring gas utilities to detect and repair methane leaks, targeting consumer meters as a primary source, impacting climate change and potentially consumer costs; final rules are expected next month.

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Australia's Opposition Nuclear Plan: Unprecedented Waste Management Challenge

Australia's opposition proposes a 14-gigawatt nuclear energy plan by 2050, generating 880 barrels of highly radioactive spent fuel annually, requiring long-term storage and posing significant environmental and security challenges.

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Clean Water and Sanitation
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France's Energy Policy Under Fire Amidst Political Uncertainty

Anne Lapierre, head of Bracewell's Paris office, criticizes France's energy policy, citing delays in electricity contracts, insufficient support for green hydrogen, and political instability hindering investments in renewable energy, potentially impacting the nation's competitiveness.

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Affordable and Clean Energy
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Irkutsk's New Electricity Tariff Raises Concerns for Households

A new differentiated electricity tariff in Irkutsk, effective January 1, 2025, could increase monthly electricity bills for households with electric heating to 20,000-30,000 rubles, prompting concerns from residents, although temporary measures are in place until May 1, 2025.

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Spain Passes Energy Tax, Delays Diesel Levy

The Spanish government approved a temporary energy tax for 2025 with green investment incentives, delayed a diesel tax increase until March, extended social support measures, and made several other fiscal changes on December 2024.

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Climate Action
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Federal Regulations Mandate Increased Gas Leak Detection and Repair

New federal regulations mandate that gas utilities increase leak detection and repair of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from gas meters, the largest source of such leaks; these rules, stemming from a law passed during President Trump's term, are currently being finalized by the Biden administrati...

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Canavan: Coalition's Nuclear Power Stance is Politically Motivated

Australian Nationals senator Matt Canavan revealed in a video that the Coalition's support for nuclear power is politically motivated, stating that politicians across the spectrum base energy policies on focus group results, and that neither nuclear nor renewable energy is sufficient for a modern ec...

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Dutton's Nuclear Power Plan: Waste Concerns and Feasibility Challenges

Peter Dutton's plan to construct seven nuclear power plants in Australia, projected to generate 140 cubic meters of nuclear waste annually, faces significant opposition due to the lack of suitable long-term storage facilities, substantial cost concerns, and public unease about the handling of nuclea...

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Republicans Plan Budget Reconciliation Packages for Environmental Permitting and Government Efficiency

Republicans plan budget reconciliation packages to modernize environmental permitting, improve government efficiency, and boost energy production by implementing user fees for expedited permitting, raising minimum sale requirements for federal land leasing, studying the costs of ALARA in the nuclear...

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Former Extremadura Councilor Appointed to Head Spanish Nuclear Waste Agency

The Spanish public company Enresa, responsible for managing radioactive waste, appointed Olga García, former Socialist councilor of Extremadura, as its new president with an annual salary of €175,191.23, replacing José Luis Navarro who is retiring. This appointment follows a similar transition in Ex...

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