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Answered Questions (7)

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1. Lori Tussey: Are the presentation slides avaiable?

* Lori Tussey: A copy of the slides will be available at: 

http://www2.epa.gov/cleanpowerplantoolbox/epa-webinar-series-proposed-clean-power-plan

2. Lori Tussey: I have lost sound completely. What should I do?

* Lori Tussey: You may have been kicked out of Adobe Connect. You will need to logout of Adobe Connect 

and log back in.

3. Lori Tussey: What do I do if the audio is choppy?

* Lori Tussey: We have had problems with choppy audio this week due to bandwidth issues. We are 

recording the presentation, which will be available next week. The recording should have better sound 

quality.

4. Melissa Jones: I can't tell if the audio is working. Could somebody say something?

* Lori Tussey(privately): If you aren't hearing any sound at all. You may have been kicked out of Adobe 

Connect and you will need to log back in.

5. Jackie Sims: No Sound at all?

* Lori Tussey(privately): You may have been kicked out of Adobe Connect. Try logging out and back in.

6. Theresa P.: Would the state annual reports to EPA need to go through a SIP-like process?

* Lori Tussey(privately): What aspects of the annual reports raise this question? 

7. David Coup: How are questions being submitted? Through this feature?

* Jan Cortelyou(privately): Yes

Open Questions (40)

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8. Utah DAQ: Lori, Chris is much quieter than you are. Can he get closer to the mic?

9. ellen wildermann: cuts out a little (darn)

10. ellen wildermann: Chris sounds good to me

11. Paul Miller: WIll EPA be providing the states with translated mass-based goals as it has with the 

rate-based goals?

12. Ana Ortega: How does EPA account for the cost of grid improvements needed for a large increase in RE

13. Eddy Moore: You said that EE measures from today forward can be credited for CO2 reductions but not 

RE. How about net-metered rooftop solar, which usually operates as a reduction in demand? Shouldn't 

that be treated like a long-lived EE measure?

14. guest 6: Could EPA provide some specific EM&V examples from states that have been submitted and 

EPA has approved? 

15. guest 6: Are there any less expensive modeling tools than IPM for projecting future reductions 

associated with a 111(d) plan?

16. David: Do the EE programs/measures apply to the power plants ONLY or can the State Plans include 

other EE programs/measures that have been implemented by another organization (e.g. State Energy 

Offices) for local buildings, schools. etc.?

17. Kyrik Rombough: If a state's policy promotes renewable energy in another state and can take credit for 

it, does the state the renewable energy is produced also get credit? Or does this occur only if the two states 

agree to a regional plan?

18. Guest 5: Why are new NGCC being considered in 111(d) plans? Are they subject to both 111(b) and 

(d)?

19. Theresa P.: The speaker said the EGUs would need to report to the states each year and the states 

would need to include in their annual reports to EPA??

20. SESARM: Which states are already meeting their energy efficiency targets?

21. JasmineMehta: If only emission reductions occurring during a plan period would be recognized, what is 

the incentive to do anything that would result in emissions reductions prior to 2020?
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22. Tom Easterly: It seems like the burden of accounting for EE and RE in the rate based plan makes it 

undesireable, but without a rate based plan, how can a State accomodate growth that could be met by its 

existing fleet?

23. Matt Butler: Ohio PUC: How do states get information on generation, emissions, EE, and RE from 

municipalities and co-ops that they do not regulate?

24. MontanaDEQ: Can a currently unaffected unit become an affected unit after a plan is approved?

25. Karin Landsberg: For years 2031 and 2032, a state could miss the three year average goal because of 

emissions/activity in 2028 and 2029 before the final goal is in place. Could you please address this issue.

26. Joy Manning: On slide 15, Treatment of Existing State programs, you mentioned that Renewables 

installed prior to June 2014 would not be recognized for emission reductions even in 2020. Did I 

understand that correctly?

27. Lewis Mills: can a state use a rate approach for part of the state and a mass approach for another part?

28. SESARM: If there are requirements in an IRP, does EPA consider them federally enforceable?

29. Matt Butler: Ohio PUC: Will the EPA be using NEMS as a total to measure compliance?

30. Blair Fink: Please define "enforceable". Is this contemplated this to be state law, Public Service 

Commission or Environmental Agency order, or for co-ops & munis -board decisions?

31. Matt Butler: Ohio PUC: Is the 30% decrease to be achieved in 2030 based off of the EPA eGRID data?

32. Aditya Jayam Prabhakar: If we use rate based goals - is there still a requirement to reduce actual 

tonnage of carbon emissions? A particular state may be able to generate energy at the proposed rate, but if 

it were to increase its generation, then there is no tonnage reduction. Can EPA throw some light on this, 

please. 

33. Nancy Pritchett: Can a state develop and propose an interim standard that differs from EPA's proposal?

34. JasmineMehta: If a renewable energy source is located on tribal land and the RE electricity is sold to a 

utility to serve load off of tribal land, can the State include those renewables in its plan?

35. AR DEQ: For distributive generation, what mechanism could you use to count the avoided generation 

for the business or home's electricity use since net metering programs only account for what goes into the 

grid beyond what the business or home uses?

36. Angela Dickens: How do you propose to handle measures instituted after the “baseline” year (2012) but 

before publication of the proposal? These measures would not have been included in calculation of the 

goal but as discussed, would also not count towards compliance. For example, EE measures installed in 

2013 would not have been counted in the baseline but would likely still be avoiding generation in 2020. 

Wouldn’t it be better to count measures installed after January 1, 2013?

37. Guest 4: Would reduction in emissions in non-affected EGU's be used to contribute to the state's goal? 

If so, what would that look like?

38. D Bolin: How is remaining useful life factored? For example, our state has put investments in for MATS 

compliance and useful life was part of the computation.

39. Aditya Jayam Prabhakar: Within any given state, some utilities may be contributing more towards the 

emissions than others. Are all utilities within a state subject to the same level of stringency of proposed 

goals? 

40. Joelle Burleson: What negative impact from heat rate improvement is expected on criteria pollutants?

41. David Coup: Please provide some more details about how you entered CO2 intensity goal constraints 

into IPM for the state and regional policy runs. What information does the model draw upon to calculate 

conformance with these constraiints (e.g., emissions from affected units/(efficiency + renewable 

generation+ generation from affected fossil units+ 6% of gen from nukes)?

42. Guest 4: In a state with significant hydro resources...if the compliance measurement period is during a 

period of drought or other significant natural events, would EPA provide some sort of a waiver or is there a 

way to normalize the measured results based on weather.

43. JasmineMehta: Can states rely on the GHG emissions already required to be reported to EPA rather 

than mandating new GHG emission reporting systems?

44. Nancy Pritchett: What TSD or soreadsheeet contains EPA's load projection for each year from 2020 -

2030? knowing this will allow us to evaluate whether the emission standard or mass based limit approach 

might be preferable.

45. Steven Jenks: How do States demonstrate conformance with their respective goals since EPA has not 

proposed a standard formula? For example, can states propose to use RE/EE to reduce CO2 in the 

numerator as opposed to the increasing the MWh's in the denominator? or will there be a standard uniform 

conformance equation all states must abide by?
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46. Ann Parrish: For a state with a nucluer power plant, how can recent or futrue capacity increases at the 

plant be used in meeting the state goals?

47. Greg Nothstein: The other issue with states with siginificant hydro resources is that the 2012 baseline 

year may not be representative. Can the baseline be established using 2011-13