# Clean Power Plan

Proposed Pollution Standards for Existing

Power Plants Cynthia Greene Energy and Climate Unit 

### Air Programs Branch EPA Region 1 New Hampshire Citizen’s Meeting



### July 28, 2014

# Overview of Presentation



#  President’s Climate Action Plan  Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions 

#  Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 111  Clean Power Plan Proposal 

#  How to submit comments

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# President’s Climate Action Plan

 Reduce Carbon Pollution from Power Plants

 Prepare US for Impacts of Climate 

# Change

 Lead International Efforts to Address Global Climate C hange

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# GHG Emissions in the U.S.

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# Clean Air Act Section 111 and

the President’s Directive Develop carbon pollution standards, regulations or guidelines, as appropriate, for: 1. New power plants  Proposed: January 8, 2014 

## 2. Modified and reconstructed power plants
 Proposal: June 2014  Final: June 2015 

## 3. Existing power plants
 Proposed Guidelines: June 2, 2014  Final Guidelines: June 1, 2015  State Plans due: June 2016

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# Best System of Emissions Reductions Building Block Strategy EPA Used to Calculate the State Goal Maximum Flexibility: Examples of State Compliance Measures 1. Make fossil fuel -fired power plants more efficient Efficiency Improvements Efficiency improvements Co -firing or switching to natural gas Coal retirements Retrofit CCS 2. Use lower- emitting power sources more Dispatch changes to existing natural gas combined cycle (CC) Dispatch changes to existing natural gas CC 3. Build more zero/lowemitting energy sources Renewable Energy Certain Nuclear New NGCC Renewables Nuclear (new and up - rates) New coal with CCS 4. Use electricity more efficiently Demand - side energy efficiency programs Demand - side energy efficiency programs Transmission efficiency improvements Energy storage 6

# State performance goals –

lbs/MW h

State 2012 Fossil

Emission Rate 2012 Fossil, RE,

Nuclear Rate Interim Goal

(2020 - 2029 average ) Final Goal (2030

and thereafter) Connecticut 844 765 597 540 Maine 873 437 393 378 Massachusetts 1,001 925 655 576 New Hampshire 1,119 905 546 486 Rhode Island 918 907 822 782 7

# Flexibilities Available To States

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### Timing:  Up to 15 -year window in which to plan for and achieve 

### reductions in carbon pollution.  U p to two or three years to submit final plans. 

###  Form of goal: States can use either a rate - based or mass based goal.  Single or multi - state plans: States can collaborate and develop plans on a multi - state basis.  Selection of measures :  

### States will choose how to meet the goal through 

### whatever collection of measures reflects its particular circumstances and policy objectives.  

### State measures may impact and, in fact may be explicitly designed to reduce, CO 2 

### emissions from utilities on a regional 

### basis.  

### EPA would support building off existing reduction programs.
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# Costs and Benefits of the

Proposed Plan

 Estimated Costs of the plan are $7.3 billion to $8.8 billion in 2030.  Benefits by 2030  

### CO 2 

### emissions from the power sector reduced by approximately 30% from 2005 levels.  

### Pollutants that contribute to the soot and smog reduced by over 25%  

### Avoid an estimated 2,700 to 6,600 premature deaths  

### Avoid 140,000 to 150,000 asthma attacks  

### These reductions will lead to public health and climate benefits worth an estimated $55 billion to $93 billion in 2030.  Health and climate benefits far outweigh the estimated annual costs 

### of meeting the standards.

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### New England Economic Growth and ISO New England

System Emissions, 1999-2012

New England GDP Total Generation CO2 Emissions NOx Emissions SO2 Emissions Data Sources: 2012 ISO New England Electric Generator Air Emissions Report, US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis 10

# Next Steps

 The proposed rule, as well as information about how to comment and supporting technical information, are available online at: 

# www.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan  EPA is holding 4 public hearings this week in Denver , Atlanta , Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.  There is a 120 - day public comment period on the proposal, closing October 16, 2014.

11Comments must be received by October 16, 2014 . Be sure to reference Docket ID: EPA- HQ- OAR -2013-0602 Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:  Federal eRulemaking portal : Follow the online instructions for submitting comments http ://www.regulations.gov/#! documentDetail;D=EPA- HQ - OAR -2013 - 0602 - 0001  Email A- and - R - Docket@epa.gov : Include docket ID No. EPA- HQ - OAR -2013 - 0602 in the subject line of the message  Fax : Fax your comments to: 202 - 566 - 9744.  Mail : Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode 28221T, Attention Docket ID No. OAR–2013 - 0602, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.  Hand Delivery or Courier : Deliver your comments to: EPA Docket Center, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20460. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.



# How to Comment on the Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule

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# For more information on how to comment: Clean Power Plan: ww.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan Click on “Comment” in the Get Involved Box

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