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NACAA Releases Guidance on Model State CPP Implementation Plans

Yesterday, June 1, 2016, the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) released Implementing EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Model State Plans.  The document provides a toolbox of implementation options and model regulatory language to support states and stakeholders with navigating … Continue reading

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MISO Analyzes Impacts to Coal, Renewables Resulting from Emissions Reductions

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) predicts that efforts to reduce utility-sector emissions will result in major coal retirements in the future and the need for significant changes in renewable development, regardless of the fate of the CPP in the … Continue reading

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MISO Analyzes State Impacts of Clean Power Plan

Notwithstanding the stay of the Clean Power Plan, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) is forging ahead with investigating potential CPP impacts in the MISO region. MISO released the final installment of its near-term CPP modeling at its Planning Advisory … Continue reading

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NERC Releases Guidance for States on Clean Power Plan Reliability Concerns

The Clean Power Plan requires states to demonstrate that they considered electric reliability issues in developing their State Implementation Plans (SIP).  At the end of January 2016, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) released an assessment of reliability trends, … Continue reading

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MISO Unveils Additional Results of CPP Near-Term Analysis

At its January 20, 2016, Planning Advisory Committee meeting, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) released the latest results of its near-term Clean Power Plan analysis.  The results expand on MISO’s initial findings, unveiled in December 2015. In its most … Continue reading

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