# From: Liz McIntyre

PO 2150/1791 CR 60 Granby, CO 80446 970-509-9750 itchin4pedalsnpow@gmail.corn

To: EPA Docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602 Clean Power Plan for Existing Sources Docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0630 Carbon Pollution Standard for Modified Sources

Hello, Thank-You for the opportunity to testify. Maptikafele.i4A4-114c4ptirre-. I am a three time winter Olympian, a silver medalist, a two time Olympic Coach and a member of the National Ski Hall of Fame. Born in NH, I have lived in Grand County et#4.e.t, Colorado nearly 25 years. We purchase electricity from Mountain Parks Electric a rural electric c ccac-eat4on. I am motivated to testify in part because I believe that the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is doing a disservice to its membership. It is shutting out the voices of many members and mounting a fear mongering campaign reminiscent of the "if leaded gasoline is prohibited, travel by car will become Cr" rtAi e6

### te--kunaffordable". 1 In Colorado our pride in the spectacular beauty of our state and our concern for the health of fellow citizens has prompted us to tackle air quality issues in a

### manner that protects consumers, the economy and the environment. The Clean

Power Plan allows us to build on this legacy. One of my earliest memories is a cool clear fall morning in NH. I am in Nursery School, three years old and we are digging potatoes. Our hands are dirty from digging in the moist soil. Our teacher forks the potatoes to the side of the hills and we leave them to dry. t '- Lesson one: Our planet is a pretty special place. It is the only place we know of at this point that can grow potatoes. When I was in third grade I read a Weekly Reader article about the Green House Effect. The article predicted flooding in New York City due to sea level rise. couldn't have read the article earlier because my first grade teacher believed in voluntary, self paced unregulated learning. My parents were concerned by the smiley faces drawn on my clearly deficient work. I was not learning to read. OP ,65 Lesson two: A well conceived PLAN is necessary to achieve desired results. As a kid, my fingers would freeze in my mittens as I held tight to the steel shaft of the Poma lift. My nose running, the poma dragged me wobbly legged up the slope of the Dartmouth Skiway. Each winter for 11 years I skied. Then

- sti-G141e.nly.when I was in ninth grade, snow did not come. The Skiway never opened. To adapt, snowmaking was installed. By the mid eighties, I was training on the moguls of Mary Jane which led to my first World Cup Mogul Skiing victory. It was 1987 on a glacier in Tignes, France. By the late 90's that same glacier had vanished, the slope unrecognizable. The t- bars hung ab'a-rvciQned, forty feet in the air. My background in sports shapes the lens with which I view the world. I strongly believe that competition makes us sharper, leaner and more inventive. The Clean Power Plan provides a framework for just such a competition in reducing carbon pollution.To those who oppose this 

### I ask: What have the leaders of your industry been doing for the last 40 years? Is keeping the lights on enough? Have they implemented a cost effective way to cut carbon pollution? Have they made any major breakthroughs in increasing the efficiency of coal plants? Have they developed systems and enhanced their ability meet demand fluctuations?

If the answer is " No " the Clean Power Plan provides a flexible and fair framework to prompt these actions. As Coloradans we can be proud of our State ' s actions to reduce carbon pollution. Think - Amendment 37 in 2004 and the 2010 Clean Air Clean Jobs Act. Colorado can get this done.
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A Lesson Three: Things aren ' t what they used to be.

It is 41 years after that weekly reader article. The Atlantic Ocean has been in the subway tunnels of New York City. e 

### a a - A voluntary, self paced scheme to reduce carbon emissions has done nothing. 5 The Clean Power Plan sends a signal to the rest of the world that we will act. As sentient beings, as Coloradans, it is our moral obligation to protect our atmosphere so that future generations of Nursery School students can dig potatoes and live on a pretty special planet.1 NRECA BASHES EPA RULE IN NEW AD: The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is running a new

television ad on Fox News and RFD TV that warns of higher electricity prices from EPA's climate regulations for power plants. The ad will run from today [July 14] until Aug. 10, and will appear in the D.C. market on MSNBC when Congress is in session in July and September. An NRECA spokesman said it's a six-figure ad buy. The ad: , ttp://bitly/1kSeD0d. AND: When going to the NRECA site to share my opinion with the EPA the site says: The Administration has repeatedly said that it supports an "all-of-the-above" energy strategy. Electric co-ops have pursued "all-of-the-above" by spending billions on innovative, clean and efficient technologies. But the EPA's proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions at new power plants seems to be an "all-but-one" approach. 

## Your text goes here Administrator McCarthy, please withdraw this proposal and work with electric cooperatives on a common sense solution that balances energy needs and environmental concerns. I am unable to share my opinion on a site run by an organization that purports to represent me,

2 It is 1968 the global average for CO 2 was 323 parts per million. NOAA ESRL Data fip://aftp.cmdl.noaa.goviproductsitrends/co2/co2 annmean mlo.txt
3 Mountain Parks Electric Website description: htto://w. Inpei.corninew-highschoolsoIar.htm

4 We can quibble over these calculations but to do so misses the point. Price per kWh generated by solar pv has dropped rapidly. Price to do what we have always done continues to rise even without considering external costs. 2010 MP High School array 2.07 kW DC pole mounted single tracker, vs 2.25 kW DC pole mounted single tracker (Holmes MPE Green Power Application), each producing 5.4 kWh per kW per day. Assume lifetime of 25 years.
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