Climate Mandates In a State of Flux

摘要

A merica's electric utilities are strug-gling to find a roadmap to navigate the multitude of environmental mandates coming out of Washington while they keep their customers' air conditioners and computers humming. Company officials say the nation's energy infrastructure is aging and needs to be replaced with clean, efficient new power plants. They are seeking clear regulatory signals to plan for those costly assets, some of which they'll be using for decades to come. But the federal environmental mandates on climate change and other pollutants are in state of flux, leaving some companies uncertain on how to plan for the future.