by ridgelinecenter | Dec 18, 2023
This report explores the implementation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA) over the past several decades, specifically explaining how those rules have provided compliance flexibilities consistent with statutory...
by ridgelinecenter | Nov 9, 2023
This paper considers the implications of weather stressors on resource adequacy in the PJM system assuming the pre-existing capacity expansion plan in the “EPA Policy Case 1” for 2030, 2035, and 2040. It was prepared for the Center for Applied Environmental Law and...
by ridgelinecenter | Nov 1, 2023
EPA’s proposed carbon pollution standards for existing gas power plants would apply only to large plants running at annual capacity factors higher than 50%. Annual averaging of capacity factors provides signficant flexibility to these plants to ramp output to...
by ridgelinecenter | Oct 4, 2023
Hydrogen can be used in a variety of applications throughout the economy, and could be poised to play a significant role in economy-wide decarbonization as global energy production advances towards clean technology. Hydrogen can be used to power vehicles, generate...
by ridgelinecenter | Jun 15, 2023
In May of 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to strengthen limits on emissions of hazardous air pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Since EPA finalized the original limits in 2011, there have been developments in air pollution control...
