Utility CEOs: Clean Power Plan compliance will bring challenges, opportunities

摘要

The CEOs of three utilities agreed Sept. 30 that figuring out thernbest route to compliance with the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Planrnwill likely be challenging, and sometimes messy, but the overallrninvestment opportunities are a plus for the sector.rnExactly when compliance-related investments will appear in utilityrnCapEx plans will likely depend on how aggressively each respective state decides to be in getting their plan together, PPL Corp. Chairman,rnPresident and CEO William Spence said, speaking on a panel at thernWolfe Research Power and Gas Leaders Conference. Utilities in statesrnthat become early adopters, or get their plans in early — instead ofrnasking for a delay or waiting to see how litigation against the planrnplays out — may have more near-term opportunities to increaserncompliance-related CapEx.