Tag Archives: Clean Power Plan

A Closer Look at Rate-Based Approaches

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Jessica Bell

Resources for the Future recently released a closer look at the economics of rate-based environmental regulations, The Environmental Effects of Clean Energy Innovations under Rate-Based Regulation. The researchers conclude through modeling that improvements in technology that reduce the cost of … Continue reading →

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CPP Briefing Scheduled for Tuesday

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Jessica Bell

Tomorrow, Tuesday September 29, 2015, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) will hold a briefing about how states plan to comply with the Clean Power Plan. The speakers include Joe Goffman (EPA), Bill Becker (National Association of Clean Air … Continue reading →

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Q&A: The Congressional Review Act

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Jessica Bell

The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires federal agencies to submit certain final rules to both houses of Congress (and to the Government Accountability Office) before the rule can take effect. Congress has the opportunity to review and may prevent a … Continue reading →

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Modeling the Clean Power Plan

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Anjali Patel

The Clean Power Plan’s implementation costs and impact on the nation’s electric portfolio depend largely on the compliance mechanisms that states will choose to implement (or in the case of states who say no, that EPA will choose to implement). … Continue reading →

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Clean Power Plan Expected to be Published in October

Posted on September 16, 2015 by SpiegelBlog

Earlier today EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy confirmed statements made in an EPA/DOJ D.C. Circuit filing that the CPP was sent to the Federal Register on September 4, 2015, and that publication should occur in October.  Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) raised … Continue reading →

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