Clean Electricity Plan Sparks Mixed Reaction Ahead Of House Markup

September 10, 2021
House Democrats’ draft Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) is prompting both early praise and critiques of the effort, including questions about whether utilities could game the system as well as heartburn from the natural gas sector about being effectively excluded from the plan unless plants are coupled with carbon capture. The proposal from the Energy & Commerce Committee “says that clean power needs to be very clean -- we won’t be seeing uncontrolled natural gas in the CEPP,” Evergreen Action...


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