Firm Drops California Gas Plant, Likely Ending Novel BACT Suit Against EPA

The developer of a proposed natural gas-fired power plant in southern California has abruptly canceled the project, likely ending environmentalists’ novel lawsuit against EPA for not requiring the plant to use battery storage to satisfy best available control technology (BACT) requirements in a prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit. “We think the termination of the license for the Palmdale Energy Project is a great development and a sign of the beginning of the end for fossil fuels,” says an attorney...