White House Says 'Conservative' Option' For States Is Clean Power Plan Compliance

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Preparing to comply with the Clean Power Plan would be the "conservative" option for states and communities seeking the environmental benefits despite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to halt the rule's implementation, a White House official said Feb. 24. Rohan Patel, special assistant to the president, told participants at a Sierra Club symposium on the impact of climate change on the African American community that communities should seize "organizing opportunities" such as the Environmental Protection Agency's voluntarily Clean Energy Incentive Program, which rewards states for early investment in wind and solar power generation and demand-side energy efficiency measures in low-income communities as part of the Clean Power Plan compliance strategies, even though the rule has been halted.