FERC Sees 'Narrow' Role In Helping Ensure Reliability With Climate ESPS

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in its final unanimous consensus advice to EPA on how to protect electric reliability in the agency's greenhouse gas (GHG) rule for existing power plants is outlining a “narrow” role for itself under a reliability safety valve (RSV) that would allow some fossil plants to temporarily run -- and emit higher levels of GHGs than would otherwise be allowed -- if needed to maintain enough power on the grid. FERC adds that EPA would...