State and RTO officials have had two weeks to digest the Environmental Protection Agency’s final power plant carbon emission rule and the battle lines — and paths to compliance — are developing.
While states in the Northeast say they are well on the way to compliance, many in the South and Midwest have already joined in the first set of legal challenges — even as other officials in the Midwest consider carbon trading plans.
The 15 states who joined in the request for a stay included half of those in SPP, six of those in MISO and five of those in PJM. No Northeastern states were among them. More states may join once the clock on legal challenges begins with publication of the rule in the Federal Register.
PJM, meanwhile, remains concerned about the time required to build transmission to deliver wind power to eastern load centers.
RTO Insider’s follow-up coverage of EPA’s Clean Power Plan includes reports from throughout the Eastern Interconnection:
