Rethinking the Clean Power Plan

EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan, released in June, has been the subject of unprecedented debate.  On October 28, EPA took the unusual step of issuing a notice which highlights the areas of vulnerability it sees in its proposal and the path it may take to fix them.

The notice addresses three important issues:  (1) the role of natural gas in lowering power plant emissions, (2) the timeline for emission reductions, and (3) the impact of renewables and energy efficiency on the amount of power produced by burning fossil fuels.   

EPA’s notice illustrates how it might rework the Plan to make it more realistic and palatable to critics while maintaining and perhaps strengthening the Administration’s climate policy goals.

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