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EPA’s New Audit Program for New Owners of Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Facilities

The Energy Law

On March 29, 2019, the U.S. Under the program, EPA will not impose any civil penalties on new owners of these facilities (which include well sites and associated tanks and vapor control systems) who find, self-disclose, and correct Clean Air Act violations pursuant to an audit program agreement with EPA.

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How Distributed Energy Resources Can Help With Grid Congestion

True Energy

A report shows that Texas alone saw transmission congestion-driven emissions nearly doubling from 2019 to 13 million tons of CO2e in 2022. Challenges include voltage visibility and control problems , as well as issues such as back-feeding and coordination of protection and control systems.

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