UTILITY REGULATORS BACK COAL GASIFICATION TO REDUCE POLLUTION

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) passed a policy resolution that supports state and federal incentives for the production of electricity from gasified coal, in an effort to ease demand for natural gas and reduce environmental pollution. The Feb. 16 resolution, passed at the group's winter meeting this week in Washington, DC, calls on states to develop policies that ease utility investments in the technology, referred to as integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), and to consider adopting alternative...