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EPA Landmark Clean Air Act Settlement with TVA to Modernize Coal-Fired Power Plants and Promote Clean Energy Investments
From EPA State-of-the-art pollution controls and clean energy technology to provide up to $27 billion in annual health benefits WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resolve alleged … Continue reading
GPACE analysis of the provisions of the Governor’s coal plant agreement
The provisions reviewed here are to be signed into law this week in return for the allowance of one immediate air-quality permit for an 895MW coal plant to be built by Sunflower Electric, Co., and another permit in two years.
It’s important to keep in mind when reviewing the content of the proposed energy plan that no state has perfect energy policy. Kansas is confronting the real need for comprehensive energy policy for the first time in nearly forty years. GPACE believes there are certain components of this policy proposal that Kansans should feel proud to know we’ll finally have – even if they are less ambitious than our resources allow or not competitive with surrounding states. Continue reading
