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Palmer Responds to Obama New CO2 Rules for Power Plants

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, August 3, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced in a statement that he was opposed to the rule announced by the Obama Administration that would force power plants to make major cuts to carbon dioxide emissions.  Palmer cited testimony by experts who claim that if implemented it … Continued
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August 4, 2015

Oden Comments on US Supreme Court Decision Rejecting EPA Standards

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Monday, June 29, 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled against new rules by President Obama’s US Environmental Protection Agency in a 5-4 ruling.  Alabama Public Service Commissioner Jeremy Oden (R) issued a stamen supporting the ruling by our nation’s highest court. Commissioner Oden wrote, “I am pleased with the US … Continued
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June 30, 2015

AG Luther Strange and Blaine Galliher Testify Against EPA

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, the people of Alabama were represented in Atlanta by both Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) and the Governor’s senior advisor, Blaine Galliher (R).  The pair testified Tuesday against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule limiting carbon emissions from power plants. Attorney General … Continued
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July 31, 2014

PSC Candidates: Barbee and Beeker Express Outrage at Environmentalist’s Attack on Bentley

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Sierra Club’s Director of Beyond Coal Campaign, Mary Ann Hitt inserted herself into the 2014 election cycle by attacking popular Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R), Alabama Power, coal powered electrical plants and even Alabama’s new cleaner burning natural gas burning electrical plants. Director Hitt wrote in an email … Continued
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October 25, 2013

Oden Addresses Greater Birmingham Young Republicans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 10th Public Service Commissioner Jeremy Oden (R) addressed a crowded audience at the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans meeting at the Fox and Hound near the intersection of I-459 and U.S. Hwy 280. Oden was appointed to the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) by Governor Robert Bentley … Continued
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October 16, 2013

Republican PSC Commission Candidates Forum in Northport Thursday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The West Alabama Young Republicans are hosting a forum on Thursday, September 19th in Tuscaloosa County for the Republican candidates running for the Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 in June’s Republican Primary. Republican Candidates Jonathon Barbee, Chris “Chip” Beeker, and Phillip Brown have all promised to attend. Incumbent … Continued
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September 19, 2013

Brooks “Skeptical” of Obama’s Plan to Sell TVA

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter It was one of the boldest efforts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Great Depression era New Deal.  The federal government would build dams, massive lakes, electric power stations, and would wield unprecedented power to economically transform a multi-state region.  Prior to the TVA, the Tennessee River valley was flood … Continued
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April 17, 2013

Twinkle and Oden Rejects Dunn’s Call for a Formal Review of Electricity and Natural Gas Rates

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) and new PSC appointee Jeremy Oden (R) voted to block PSC Commissioner Terry Dunn’s call for a formal review of the rates which the PSC was allowing utilities in Alabama to charge customers. According to original … Continued
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January 11, 2013

Obama Energy Policies Force US Coal Plants to Retire

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Obama administration’s new regulations limiting green house emissions combined with low natural gas prices could force many American coal powered power plants to close.  According to a new report in ‘The Economist’ Obama’s environmental regulations could cost $144 billion to replace or retrofit existing power plants. The Brattle … Continued
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October 16, 2012