Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Missouri

This fact sheet by the World Resources Institute outlines how Missouri can utilize existing policies, infrastructure, and expanded clean energy goals to reduce power sector carbon dioxide emissions and meet EPA targets.

• Missouri has the potential to achieve approximately 70 percent of the EPA's emission rate target for the period between 2020 and 2030 by implementing five specific measures: meeting energy efficiency targets under the Energy Efficiency Investment Act (targeting nearly 10 percent cumulative savings of electricity sales by 2020), meeting the Renewable Energy Standard (RES) of 15 percent renewable electricity by 2021 through new in-state generation, fully utilizing existing combined cycle natural gas capacity, increasing coal plant efficiency by 2.5 percent, and expanding combined heat and power (CHP) systems at facilities such as hospitals, universities, and manufacturing sites.
• To close the remaining emissions gap and potentially exceed its proposed target, Missouri could expand its clean energy policies by increasing its energy efficiency goal to 2 percent of sales starting in 2015, requiring all utilities (including non-investor-owned) to meet the 15 percent RES by 2021, and raising the renewable generation target to 20 percent of total generation by 2030.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Missouri. https://www.wri.org/research/power-sector-opportunities-reducing-carbon-dioxide-emissions-missouri

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Missouri. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/power-sector-opportunities-reducing-carbon-dioxide-emissions-missouri.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendpower, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Missouri}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/power-sector-opportunities-reducing-carbon-dioxide-emissions-missouri}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }