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What Does The US Debt Ceiling Deal Mean For Clean Energy?

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The Importance of the Clean Power Plan 2.0 Rule

The EPA does not think this rule will have a massive impact on US greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. The coal fired power plant fleet in the US is aging, gets the point that these plants come to the end of their working lives. No gas fired plants are cheaper. Renewable generation is cheaper. So these plants are going to go away anyway. And the extra impact of the regulation in forcing them out of the market is going to be pretty minimal.

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