States Urged To Make Case For RPS Credit In EPA NSPS For Existing Utilities

摘要

EPA's top air office attorney is urging states to make the case for the agency to credit their renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in EPA's pending climate new source performance standard (NSPS) for existing utilities, one of several key issues the agency will review as it embarks on "listening sessions" to take input on the upcoming rule. Joe Goffman, senior counsel in EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, says the agency assumes it will be "of great interest" for some states to have their RPS programs credited under the NSPS. EPA is crafting the rule under section 11 l(d) of the Clean Air Act and will set general greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction guidelines and give states flexibility on how they meet the guidelines, with the agency deciding whether to approve the plans or impose a federal plan.