EPA, FERC Need Reliability Valve Agreement On Clean Power Plan, Utilities, Grids Say

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should consider a formal agreement to guide application of any reliability safety valve included in the Clean Power Plan, energy experts said. ; A memorandum of understanding between the two agencies should detail how any reliability safety valve would be applied, who the parties responsible for seeking the waiver would be and steps toward completing reviews of those requests, panelists said at a May 8 forum sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Utilities and grid operators need to know they will be able to rapidly and flexibly address any unforeseen reliability concerns that may arise during implementation of the Clean Power Plan, they said.