Category Archives: Blog Posts

Modeling the CPP and Post-2030 Possibilities

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Jessica Bell

Georgia Tech recently released a working paper entitled The Clean Power Plan and Beyond. With a particular eye toward impacts in the South, the study uses Georgia Tech’s version of the National Energy Modeling System to look at four compliance … Continue reading →

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Last Day for Petitions for Review of EPA’s Denial of Reconsideration of NSPS

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

July 5, 2016 marks the last day for petitions for judicial review of EPA’s decision to deny reconsideration of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for CO2 emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed power plants.  Last month, the D.C. Circuit … Continue reading →

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Proposed CEIP Design Details Published in the Federal Register

Posted on June 30, 2016 by SpiegelBlog

UPDATED 07.21.2016 with extended comment date. UPDATED 08.25.2016 with new extended comment date. Earlier today, EPA published its Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP) Design Details proposal in the Federal Register, triggering the start of the 60-day comment period (deadline August 29 September … Continue reading →

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Canada, Mexico, and the United States Issue a Trilateral Agreement on North America’s Clean Energy Future

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Anjali Patel

Yesterday, June 29, 2016, President Barack Obama, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto announced the formation of the “North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership” through which the three countries aim to “align [their] … Continue reading →

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Amidst Retirements, DOE Strategizes Future of Nuclear Reactors in the U.S.

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Amber Martin

While some nuclear plant operators are making plans to shutter their plants, the Department of Energy (DOE) is strategizing ways that nuclear energy could be used to play a role in achieving clean energy and greenhouse gas reduction goals.  In … Continue reading →

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