Department of Energy proposed to offer "categorical exclusions" from otherwise required environmental reviews for certain energy storage, solar and rebuilt or upgraded transmission projects on federal land.
Laying out how the agency’s rules apply to the emerging asset class.
Rules vary by generator. For instance, for coal plants slated to keep running past 2039, rules would effectively require 90% CO2 capture by 2035.
New emissions rules designed to require that 56% of all light duty vehicle sales in 2030-2032 will be all-electric, and reduce HDV emissions by between 25% and 60% over 2016 regs.
Power plant owners in 22 states will face tighter nitrogen oxides emissions requirements.
EPA's proposal would lower the annual PM2.5 limit from an average of 12 µg/m3 (set in 2012) to somewhere between 9 and 10 µg/m3.
Calls for rebuilding the rulemaking process at the close of the Trump Administration through specific reforms at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Proposes reforms related to carbon pricing, revising transmission policies, and reforming electricity market rules.
Describes immediate and longer-term actions that Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management should take to reform public lands management consistent with climate mitigation.
Includes written testimony of several experts on FERC's legal authority to impose carbon pricing.