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Climate and Environment – Spring 2012

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The Energy Industry Update – Volume 15, Issue 2

The electric industry seems to be on the cusp of great change. Regulators are rethinking the hundred-year-old rate-of-return paradigm, renewables costs are falling (especially for solar photovoltaic technology), and the final rule is out on comprehensive power sector greenhouse gas emissions.

States Lean Toward Mass-Based Clean Power Plan Approach

As states continue to evaluate the Clean Power Plan, a support for mass-based implementation approach seems to be gaining momentum.

EPA Releases Final Clean Power Plan Rule; Changes Focus on Compliance and Reliability

The final rule included provisions to expand compliance options; increase the target, but allow extra time to develop compliance plans and begin reductions; address reliability concerns; revise goal-setting methodology; and encourage early investments.

EIA Expects Coal Retirement and Electricity Price Increases with Clean Power Plan

Clean Tech & Sustainability Minute: EIA Expects Coal Retirement and Electricity Price Increases with Clean Power Plan

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EPA’s Utility Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS): Another Brick in the Wall

EPA is promulgating regulations that impact coal-fired generation in particular, tightening emission standards for mercury, air toxics, and sulfur dioxide, as well as greenhouse gases from new power sources. Despite political and legal uncertainty surrounding the ultimate implementation of the regulations, many companies are making tough plant retirement decisions now. Read more below.

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May we suggest:

The Energy Industry Update – Volume 15, Issue 2

The electric industry seems to be on the cusp of great change. Regulators are rethinking the hundred-year-old rate-of-return paradigm, renewables costs are falling (especially for solar photovoltaic technology), and the final rule is out on comprehensive power sector greenhouse gas emissions.

States Lean Toward Mass-Based Clean Power Plan Approach

As states continue to evaluate the Clean Power Plan, a support for mass-based implementation approach seems to be gaining momentum.

EPA Releases Final Clean Power Plan Rule; Changes Focus on Compliance and Reliability

The final rule included provisions to expand compliance options; increase the target, but allow extra time to develop compliance plans and begin reductions; address reliability concerns; revise goal-setting methodology; and encourage early investments.

EIA Expects Coal Retirement and Electricity Price Increases with Clean Power Plan

Clean Tech & Sustainability Minute: EIA Expects Coal Retirement and Electricity Price Increases with Clean Power Plan

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Climate and Environment – Spring 2012

The ScottMadden Energy Industry Update

EPA’s Utility Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS): Another Brick in the Wall

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