‘Devil’s in the details’ for US clean power program proposals eyed by Congress

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Congressional Democrats are preparing legislation that would compelUS utilities to expand their share of generation from carbon-freesources. While utilities broadly back that goal, they want to seespecifics before weighing in, panelists said during an Aug. 17 webinaron a federal clean electricity standard.“I think there are a lot of advantages to [a clean electricitystandard, or CES] but, as always, the devil’s in the details,” DavidBrown, Exelon’s senior vice president of federal government affairs andpublic policy, said during a panel discussion hosted byConservAmerica. “There are any number of factors in here that affectits workability, starting with how far and how fast you go and what theexpectations are.”