EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solution’s Climate and Energy Program offers an in-depth on-demand explanation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which the EPA proposed in June, to control carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
The presentation clearly describes the four “building blocks” used by the EPA to determine each state’s unique emissions goal and provides an example calculation of state emissions goals.
Nicholas Institute experts also discuss the significance of state emission goals given ongoing changes in the electricity sector, outline state compliance plan requirements, and summarize pivotal areas of flexibility available to states.
