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PJM Interconnection: Concerns Remain On Grid Reliability With Final EPA Rule Setting Tougher Air Pollution Standards On New Gas, Existing Coal-fired Power Plants

PA Environment Daily

On May 8, the PJM Interconnection issued a statement on the US Environmental Protection Agency's final rule setting New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and its potential impact on electric grid reliability. The present gas pipeline system is largely fully subscribed.

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The Car Rule and the Major Questions Doctrine

Legal Planet

Texas piled on with its own major questions arguments, claiming that the rule was a major question because it could affect grid reliability because of the additional electricity demand and national security because of the need for imported batteries and materials for electric vehicles. But the resemblance ends there.

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EPA Proposes New Power Plant Rule That Promises Major Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in the Coming Years

Law and Environment

The proposed rule would apply to new and existing gas plants and existing coal plants—new coal plants are separately regulated—and promises to significantly cut carbon and other harmful air pollutant emissions from fossil plants over the next two decades and beyond. Emphasis added.] The Court rejected this approach.

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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

electricity to about one-fifth today. The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. In 2010, U.S.

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EPA Releases White Paper For Comment On Reducing Climate Pollution From New Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency issued for public input a draft white paper on control techniques and measures that could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new stationary combustion turbines. electricity generation in future years, primarily use natural gas to create electricity.

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What Should EPA Do After Repealing the Clean Power Plan?

Legal Planet

It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Fossil fuel plants — coal-fired power plants in particular — cause serious air pollution problems.

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EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Union of Concerned Scientists

The ongoing pollution from these power plants is an affront to public health and wildly incompatible with every climate ambition this country —and this world—has. Which means the consequences of these polluters unabashedly continuing to pollute aren’t just severe—they’re compounding. So what follows from that obligation?