GHG PERFORMANCE STANDARD TARGETING COAL POWER HITS MAJOR SNAGS

The Senate leader's effort to enact a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance standard for future power purchases is hitting snags because of recent analyses that say the bill may prohibit some conventional in-state energy sources and drive up electricity prices. But environmentalists sponsoring the measure say these fears are unfounded and based on a misreading of the bill; nevertheless, they are working with Senate staffers and opponents to try to hammer out substantive amendments, according to sources. The bill is...