Supplemental Environmental Projects Using Renewable Energy: A New Approach toAddressing Air Quality Violation Penalties

摘要

Supplemental environmental projects, or SEPs, are environmentally beneficialprojects that offer pollution prevention, energy efficiency, green energy, and community-based programs that may include investment in cost-effective alternative energy technologies, such as wind energy. This fact sheet explains how SEPs can help companies mitigate all or part of penalties imposed as a result of air pollution violations.