From the pages of InsideEPA/Climate

Electric Vehicle Proponents Press EPA To Limit Potential Harm From ESPS

October 17, 2014
Electric vehicle (EV) supporters are raising concerns about the potential harm EPA's greenhouse gas (GHG) rules for existing power plants could pose for the nascent auto sector, fearing policymakers will no longer encourage EV use because they will increase electricity demand and related GHG emissions, thus hampering compliance with EPA's rule. The EV supporters are especially concerned in cases where states use mass-based measures to assess their compliance with EPA's rules, rather than the rate-based targets that EPA initially proposed...


Not a subscriber? Sign up for 30 days free access to exclusive environmental policy reporting.