The comment period on the controversial Clean Power Plan (CPP) ended Dec. 1, 2014. EPA received more than 1.5 million comments on docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602-0001. What insights are contained within? Is each comment a unique thought on the rule? Will EPA make substantial changes to the proposed rule? From ordinary citizens to executives of major think tanks, the comments represent a wide range of sources. They include detailed technical critiques, generic statements of opposition and support, and succinct counterclaims full of legalese. "Renewable energy, along with the associated environmental attributes, is regularly sold across state boundaries... The lack of clarity around interstate crediting is creating uncertainty for buyers of renewable energy and is already impeding the development of projects that will send power across state lines," said Malcolm Woolf, senior vice president of Policy and Governmental Affairs for Advanced Energy Economy, a national trade association for advanced energy technologies.
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