Biomass Industry Appears Unlikely To Challenge Co-Firing Bar In ACE

The biomass industry appears unlikely to challenge EPA’s decision in its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) power plant greenhouse gas rule to remove co-firing with biomass as a compliance mechanism, even though the agency proposed to allow it and industry strongly supported it. The Biomass Power Association (BPA) says that while it has not definitively ruled out a lawsuit, the June 19 final ACE rule is not at the top of its priority list, which is focused on the agency’s refusal...