The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) will hold a Summer Reliability Forum at 1:30 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012.  The Forum will be held in Hearing Room 1 of the PUC’s Harrisburg offices.

EPA has posted its bio diesel standards for 2012.  As part of the EPA’s mandate to march the U.S. toward energy independence, the EPA establishes the minimum bio fuel requirements that manufacturers must meet each year.  The new bio standards are out and they equate to an aggressive total renewable fuel volume of 9% of all fuels sold.

TMDLs Established by EPA, Not DEP

On December 29, 2010, EPA issued a first-of-its-kind TMDL for the Chesapeake Bay.  The TMDL, which stands for “Total Maximum Daily Load,” establishes a “pollution budget” for Pennsylvania and other states that contribute surface water flows to the Chesapeake Bay.  Pennsylvania, in turn, also recently produced a “Watershed Implementation Plan” describing how the Commonwealth intends to allocate the nutrient reductions required to meet the goals of the TMDL.