Public Listening Session on 111(d) Carbon Pollution Standards For Existing Power Plants

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) argues that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should use its authority under Clean Air Act section 111(d) to mandate deep carbon dioxide reductions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants. CATF asserts that these reductions are necessary to protect public health and meet President Obama's goal of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Based on analyses conducted with The NorthBridge Group, CATF claims that power sector carbon pollution could be reduced by more than 25 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 without increasing monthly bills for electric ratepayers, primarily by optimizing the dispatch of existing plants to favor efficient natural gas units over inefficient coal units.

• Fossil fuel-fired power plants represent the largest stationary source of greenhouse gases in the United States, with the existing electric power sector accounting for nearly 40 percent of all energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2011.
• Analysis by the Clean Air Task Force and The NorthBridge Group indicates that carbon pollution in the power sector can be reduced by over 25 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 without increasing costs for ratepayers. This can be achieved by optimizing the dispatch of existing plants to rely more on efficient natural gas units and less on inefficient coal units.

APA

McCabe, D. (2013). Public Listening Session on 111(d) Carbon Pollution Standards For Existing Power Plants. Clean Air Task Force. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/21093335/20131107-NSPS-111d-CATF-Testimony-EPA-Washington-DC-Listening-Session-1.pdf

Chicago

McCabe, David. Public Listening Session on 111(d) Carbon Pollution Standards For Existing Power Plants. Clean Air Task Force, 2013. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/21093335/20131107-NSPS-111d-CATF-Testimony-EPA-Washington-DC-Listening-Session-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{mccabe2013public, author = {McCabe, David}, title = {{Public Listening Session on 111(d) Carbon Pollution Standards For Existing Power Plants}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2013}, month = nov, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/21093335/20131107-NSPS-111d-CATF-Testimony-EPA-Washington-DC-Listening-Session-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }