The methodology outlines a three-step approach for obtaining credits: retirement of coal-fired power plants, generation of replacement renewable electricity, and assurance of a just transition....more
6/19/2025
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal-Fired Generation ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Utilities Sector
Existing and new power plants face increasing complexity as EPA’s historic final rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions represents a major expansion of EPA’s regulatory authority.
In a rare presidential announcement of...more
8/19/2015
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Coal-Fired Generation ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Tax Incentives ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Plants
We analyze EPA’s novel proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants as it will shape its regulation of other industry sectors.
On June 2, 2014, EPA released its long-anticipated proposal to...more