On August 31, 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) published its proposed rule providing a replacement to the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The proposed rule, named the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, outlines revised emissions guidelines and the process for states to submit plans for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from affected … Continue Reading
On September 20, 2013, US EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy signed a notice of a replacement proposed rule establishing standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs). A whopping 110 days later, on January 8, 2014, the re-proposed rule has finally made its way into the pages … Continue Reading