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Energy Innovation released a report in November 2023 that analyzes the potential impacts of EPA’s proposed rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions. The report finds that these rules will not hamper the clean energy development that is needed to retire more fossil fuels and meet growing demand. The report includes Energy Innovation’s research as well as information from 6 other reports.
From Energy Innovation’s page on the report:
“The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed “111 rules” restricting greenhouse gas emissions have sparked debate about whether they will create consequences that threaten grid reliability. However, rather than raising new concerns, these objections principally raise issues already facing the power sector. The Inflation Reduction Act has made low-carbon resources including wind, solar, and storage the cheapest new resources in the U.S., but system planners worry we cannot add them fast enough to make up for fossil retirements. New Energy Innovation research details the potential impacts of the EPA rules, investigates their effects on the electricity system, and evaluates potential changes in reliability. We find utilities have ample existing tools to comply with the rules and maintain system reliability.”