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Answered Questions (8)

-------------------------- 1. OAQPS: W here can I find the presentation slides? * Lori Tussey : The presentation slides are at: http://www2.epa.gov/cleanpowerplantoolbox/epa

-webinar

- series

- proposed

- clean

- power

- plan

2. Gerardo Santiago: There are still problems with the sound? * Lori Tussey: Sorry. There are still some issues with the sound cutting out at times. Webelieve this is due to an internet bandwidth issue and we don't have control over this.

3. Elizabeth Fleming: W here can I find the call

- in number? * Lori Tussey(privately): Sorry . There is no call

- in number.

4. ellen wildermann: how many people are on? * Lori Tussey(privately): 192

5. breanna bukowski: Weare again have not sound. * Lori Tussey : If there are people that still can't hear, and you have tried the "Audio setup Wi zard" under "Meeting" you may

need to log out and log back in.

6. Matt Butler: Ohio PUC

- Are we to base reduction targets on forecasted demand that incorporates an economic growth factor? * R ick Copland(privately): Please clarify if this is a rate to mass based question

7. Connor Taylor 2: Wi ll the sound be recorded for the posted presentation as well if the audio here keeps cutting in and out? * Lori Tussey(privately): Yes. Weare recording the webinar and the sound quality should be better.

8. Dena W ojtach: would you mind naming who those 4 states are? * Rick Copland(privately): W hat is your question referring to?

Open Questions (85)

-------------------------- 9. Connor Taylor: Wi ll the sound be playing through this powerpoint presentation or will we need to go to a different program to retrieve sound? 10. ellen wildermann: sounds fine 11. ellen wildermann: it dropped me and I had to rejoin 12. Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (Indiana): Audio not working 13. Angela Shogren: Is someone still speaking? I lost audio. 14. David Stark: It appears I just lost audio

- just me or common to others? 15. GA EPD: we can't hear you 16. ellen wildermann: Try the phone? 17 . ellen wildermann: yes you sound good 18. Ray Saracino: yes 19. Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (Indiana): yes 20. ellen wildermann: m y slides are gone. N ot sure if its just me 21. John: Audio still cutting out. 22. ellen wildermann: brian sounds fa int 23. ellen wildermann: m y slides are back 24. Region1: Brian is really hard to hear 25. Joy W iecks: I could hear the previous speakers but am h aving trouble hearing this one. C ould he move closer to the mic? 26. Connor Taylor 2: Problems with the Audio cutting in and out 27. ADEQ: Weare unable to see the slides. T here is still a loading symb ol. 28. Region1: also a bit choppy

- cutting in and out

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29. Gerardo Santiago: I can't hear the webinar. 30. Gene Therriault: On slide 3, is there an underlying re ason that existing hydro was not included? 31. Rebecca Ohler: I am not getting any sound at all. 32. ellen wildermann: not choppy for me 33. Kyrik Rombough: If you are excluding existing hydro in the denominator, why are you including it in determining th e state's renewable energy and energy efficiency in calculating the state's goal? 34. Taylor Smith: W ill the y be able to fix the sound before the end of the webinar? 35. Ken Hughes: W ith a 2000MW power plant on Indian country, h ow can we truly fashion a s tate plan? 36. ellen wildermann: I still have sound. N ote that they m ay have to shut down and restart the computer if there is no sound on their speakers (I had to do that yesterday) 37. MontanaDEQ: Are all lower

- carbon

- intense fuels, such as redispatched simple

- cycle natural gas, available for use in meeting state goals? 38. Gene Therriault: W ill switching from diesel fired to natural gas fired units count towards the goal? 39. Liz Robinson: I also have no sound. 40. Matt Butler: Ohio PUC

- How does the form ula not lim it com pliance options for states if fuels other than those used for electric generation are not in the formula? 41. Ray Saracino: pls advance slide 42. gstevens: need to change the slide 43. Region1: I think the slides need to advan in adobe connec 44. Jason R. Salmi Klotz: Can you advance the slide/ 45. Dena W ojtach: Move to slide 9 please 46. Brian Fehrn: I still see the Central State example, not the W estern State. 47. Carl brown: ARe the slides progressing properly. S hould be on Example 2? 48. Ray Saracino: webinar showing slide 8 should be slide 9 49. Utah DAQ: Did the slides freeze? W e're still seeing slide 8. 50. Matt Butler: I think we need to move ahead one slide... 51. Jackie Sims: pls update slide to #9 52. Katie Southworth: I'm still seeing slide 8, not 9 (W estern state). Is the slide presentation behind bc of bandwidth issue? 53. Katie Southworth: Fixed. thx. 54. Karin Landsberg: I am getting an error message when I click on the last link in slide 13. Could you pleas e confirm the link. 55. Greg Payne: clicked on link and got: "Page Not Found T he page you are looking for doesn't seem to be available. You can use your back button to return to the previous page, go to our hom e page, or:•Report

a website issue•Search fre quently asked questions or submit a question•Browse our A

- Z index of terms and topics" 56. Dena W ojtach: The speaker mentioned that 4 states already meeting the RE goal for 2030. W ho are they? 57. J Maio

- Utah PSC: • Is 2005 or 2012 the benchm ark year? Wi ll states be allowed to claim any early action credits, i.e., new NGCC plants or renewables added prior to 2012? I f not, doesn’t that penalize those who were proactive in trying to lower emissions? 58. Karin Landsberg: W here can we find more information about 59. Karin Landsberg: Wh ere can we find mo re information about the inputs for the calculations. In particular the emissions data. W hat's the source? 60. Veronica Rocha: On slide 3 (State Goals

- Calculation) you mentioned that generation would be ba sed on 'net' not 'gross'. C an yo u please clarify what is meant by net? How is net specifically calculated? 61. Jeanne Swartz: If a state has electrical generation that is off the main grid and achieves EE gains on those isolated areas, will those gains be counted towards the overall EE for the state? 62. GA EPD: W hy

wasn't full existing nuclear included in the goal computation? 63. Kay Johannpeter: can you describe the process for calculating EE savings and the role of EM&V (or lack of EM&V) in that calcul ation? 64. Jeff Herholdt: Are n et exporting states required to produce e mi ssions savings in their states for electricity consumed out of thier states? 65. Paul Miller: Can states take the basic formula for state goals, and using EPA's assumptions in Appendix 1 back

- caclulate a ma ss goal for each ye ar corresponding to a given state rate goal, i.e., use the numerator as an indication of the goal converted to mass? O r can EPA provide the same mass goal in a table as it

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has done for the rate goals? 66. P latte River: How did the goal setting process take into consideration energy that may cross state boundaries. F or example, we purchase wind energy from a neighboring state. D o we or the neighboring state get the benefit of the emission rate reduction? 67 . MontanaDEQ: Does EPA have a tool for changing inputs and recalculating the state emissions rate? For example, if a state wants to see the change in its emissions rate based on redispatching or shifting generation to lower carbon intensive units. (Brian was referring to the ability to "refresh" after a change to the equation) 68. Raju Bisht, NNEPA: How do all these calculations come into play when EPA comes up with a plan for the two power plants located on Navajo Nation? 69. Paul Schulz: Wh at is the ma keu p/mix of the state total energy sales used in the RE and EE calculation? Does it include federal hydro? 70. Rock y Mould: I have three questions: 1) is municipal solide waste treated as RE, 2) is Distributed Generation treated as RE or EE and 3) how does the alternative RE approach fit, will states get to choose and why would they choose the alternative RE approach? thanks! 71. Matt Butler: Our second question did not assume a ratio but rather an a bsolute amount. 72. Brian Fehrn: Wh ile on slide 19, Brian briefly spoke of a secondary “other resource capacity” approach for renewable energy (RE) generation / calculation instead of following the regional approach. C an he clarify this statement or point to the documentation that has more information on this if there is another RE calculation approach? 73. Platte River: Do the states' goals take the benefits of combined heat and power into consideration? Specifically, combined heat and power may emit the same quantity of GHGs per unit of electricity, but reduce s the amount of heating fuel required, thus offsetting unregulated emissions (e.g., natural gas for heating). 74. ellen wildermann: Jan is a little close to mic 75. Paula L Cobb: Can no longer hear Brian. 76. John: W e can't hear Brian. 77. David Thorntin: Is Brian speaking about hydro? I hear nothing after he was asked the question... 78. John: Okay now. 79. Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (Indiana): Can out of state resources used in state count towards building block calculations (i.e. nuclear gene ration from another state)? 80. Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (Indiana): Do the goals for each building block allow for additional dem and growth beyond 2012 (in addiiton to energy efficienc y)or is the assumption that electricity demand will never i ncrease from 2012 levels? 81. Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (Indiana): Wh at are the advantages of u sing a mass based

em ission goal? 82. Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (Indiana): Wh at are the advantages of a regional based strategy? 83. Joelle Burleson, NCDAQ 2: Wh ich states have under construction NGCC capacity? 84. Kyrik Rombough: If renewable energy is generated in the state, d oes that state get credit towards the state's goal or does a state that purchased the renewable energy (i.e., green tags) receive credit for that state's goal? 85. Michael Leslie: Based on this discussion it would seem the rule supports the greater use of combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (W HP) under the EE and RE building blocks. D o you agree? 86. Matt Butler: Are we to assume that any renewable resources that qualify under a state's renewable portfolio standard would also be recognized under the state plan? 87. Dean Van Orden: Wh ere did the CO2 data come from? A lso, in calculating the useful ther ma l energy for cogeneration plants, it appears that the em issions attributable to UTO is added into the em issions total in the numerator. I sn't this in effect double counting those emissions? 88. Talina Mathews: On page 20 of your slides where does the 1. 0751 scale factor come from? H ow is it used? 89. JasmineMehta: Can you review again the adjustment of EE due to importation described in the Ohio example? 90. ADEQ: In terms of the RE calculations. D id EPA just take 2012 RE generation and multiply by a flat regional ramp up value (ex. 8 %) or did it factor in expected new generation listed in databases such as NEEDSv5.13 or some other data source?

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91. Matt Butler: thanks! 92. Miles: Please explain how imported RE can be counted by the receiving state. Can't the generating state take credit? 93. Michael Leslie: W hat about CHP efficiency gains from avoided energy losses from traditional generation/power line losses?