Top EPA Official Pledges To Protect RGGI Under Existing Power Plant Rule

A top EPA official says the agency's pending greenhouse gas (GHG) standards for existing utilities will seek to address any concerns from states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) over efforts to translate rate-based targets to mass-based limits and concerns that other states might seek to undermine the program. Asked about the issue during an Oct. 21 panel discussion, EPA Region 1 Administrator Curt Spalding noted that agency Administrator Gina McCarthy was “on the ground floor” of...