DESPITE DELAYS, DOE EMPHASIZES CCS PROGRESS AT HOUSE HEARING
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Budget & Policy
FLEXIBILITY CRITICAL TO EPA POWER PLANT RULE, STAKEHOLDERS SAY
As the Environmental Protection Agency works to craft a new rule that will set greenhouse gas emission standards for existing power plants, some stakeholders have expressed that it is critical that the regulations provide adequate flexibility, as well as opportunities for inter-state collaboration, sufficient compliance time, and other conditions, acting Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation Janet McCabe said at a meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners held in Washington this week.
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Budget & Policy
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CALLS FOR ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ OUTREACH
As the Obama Administration has been working to advance the President’s Climate Action Plan, including crafting regulations setting standards for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy have placed a huge emphasis on conducting broad outreach to stakeholders, Administration officials said this week.
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Budget & Policy
SENATORS WARN EPA RULE COULD THREATEN ELECTRIC GRID
The reliability of the electric grid could be threatened by an Environmental Protection Agency draft rule that sets greenhouse gas emission standards for new coal-fired power plants—and which some have argued will prevent new plants from being built—some Senators said this week.