Energy Policy

From the Clean Power Plan to ACE: Why Not Much Has Changed

Renewable Energy World: Has the environment for electricity generation changed dramatically since the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan began its slow exit from public and regulatory consciousness several months ago? Not really!

In the CPP’s place, the EPA has introduced the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. ACE was in part designed to address the concern among some states that the EPA was overreaching its legal jurisdictions by trying to enforce the CPP. ACE has not been fully approved and implemented yet (then again neither was the CPP once it was stayed by the United States Supreme Court). Though the ACE proposals are public domain, guidelines have not yet been finalized and the path to full implementation may be as long and riddled with delays as the one the CPP endured.

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