EPA Argues Battery Storage Infeasible As BACT For California Gas Plant

EPA is detailing its justification for rejecting battery storage as best available control technology (BACT) in permitting a California natural gas-fired power plant, in response to environmentalists’ lawsuit arguing the Clean Air Act requires battery storage to prevent harmful pollution. “Batteries have never been used in lieu of [natural gas-fired] duct burners,” states a Sept. 26 brief filed by Department of Justice (DOJ) and EPA attorneys with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. “And Petitioners offered scant...