Category Archives: Blog Posts

Setting the Policy Stage for Carbon Capture and Storage

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Jessica Bell

In the New Source Performance Standards for new power plants, EPA finalized a standard for new coal units based on partial carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the best system of emission reduction (BSER).  EPA had proposed integrated gasification combined … Continue reading →

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Regional CPP Analysis: Feedback from PJM States

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Jessica Bell

In September, PJM asked the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI) for feedback as it considered how to approach modeling and analysis of the final CPP.  PJM stated that it planned to use the same modeling philosophy as was used … Continue reading →

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Congressional Review Act: Joint Resolutions Introduced

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Jessica Bell

Earlier this week, joint resolutions were introduced in the House and the Senate that would block the Clean Power Plan and the New Source Performance Standards from going into effect under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which we discussed earlier … Continue reading →

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More Time Please: EPA Issues Guidance For States Seeking Extension

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Anjali Patel

The CPP requires states with affected Electric Generating Units to file by September 6, 2016 either a final State Implementation Plan (SIP) or an initial submittal requesting a two-year extension of time to submit the final state plan.  On October … Continue reading →

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Stopping the Clock on the Clean Power Plan

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Anjali Patel

UPDATED 9.1.2016 with additional information about amicus parties; UPDATED 1.28.2016 with additional information about the parties; UPDATED 12.29.2015 with additional information about the petitions and parties; UPDATED 12.7.2015 with additional information about the petitions and parties; UPDATED 11.4.2015 with additional … Continue reading →

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