EPA Eyes Options To Strengthen Natural Gas Plant GHG Standards

Administrator Michael Regan says EPA will soon release an assessment of greenhouse gas control options for new natural gas-fired power plants, the first step in an effort to strengthen current requirements and one of several actions in the agency’s “integrated” strategy for limiting various forms of pollution from the electricity sector. The white paper, expected later this spring, would seek public comment on options to limit GHGs from new natural gas combustion turbines, which would then inform a proposed update...