Meeting Clean Power Plan Pennsylvania

The document outlines a 'Clean Path Case' for Pennsylvania to reduce CO2 emissions by 29 million tons by 2030. It argues that prioritizing wind, solar, and energy efficiency, combined with a mass-based emissions trading program, would generate billions in capital investments and health benefits while ensuring grid reliability via the PJM Interconnection.

• Pennsylvania is required to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 29 million tons, representing a 24 percent decrease from 2012 levels, by the year 2030.
• A 'Clean Path Case' based on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions trading would result in over 10,700 MW of new wind and solar capacity and more than $10 billion in new capital investments by 2030.
• The proposed energy transition would provide cumulative health and economic benefits estimated at $4.5 billion through 2030 by lowering CO2, sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution, and avoid 131 million tons of CO2 emissions.
• The transition would prompt $4.3 billion in energy efficiency investments and generate an average of over $804 million in annual revenue from carbon allowance sales between 2022 and 2030.
• The PJM Interconnection, which manages electricity for Mid-Atlantic and some Midwestern states, has determined that increasing wind and solar integration does not negatively impact service reliability.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2016). Meeting Clean Power Plan Pennsylvania. https://www.ucs.org/resources/meeting-clean-power-plan-pennsylvania

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. Meeting Clean Power Plan Pennsylvania. 2016. https://www.ucs.org/resources/meeting-clean-power-plan-pennsylvania.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2016meeting, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{Meeting Clean Power Plan Pennsylvania}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2016}, month = feb, url = {https://www.ucs.org/resources/meeting-clean-power-plan-pennsylvania}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }