Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Missouri

Missouri can meet approximately 70 percent of the EPA's emission rate target for 2020-2030 by utilizing existing policies and infrastructure, including energy efficiency targets, renewable energy standards, and increased utilization of natural gas and combined heat and power. To close the remaining gap and exceed targets, the document suggests increasing energy efficiency goals to 2 percent of sales from 2015 onward and expanding the Renewable Energy Standard to all utilities with a target of 20 percent of total generation by 2030.

• Missouri has the potential to achieve approximately 70 percent of the EPA's emission rate target for the period between 2020 and 2030 through five specific measures: meeting energy efficiency targets, meeting renewable energy targets, fully utilizing existing combined cycle natural gas capacity, increasing coal plant efficiency by 2.5 percent, and increasing the use of combined heat and power (CHP).
• Existing state policies include the Energy Efficiency Investment Act, which sets a voluntary target of nearly 10 percent cumulative electricity sales savings by 2020, and the Renewable Energy Standard (RES), which mandates that 15 percent of electricity sold by investor-owned utilities come from renewable sources by 2021.
• To exceed proposed targets and close the remaining emissions gap, Missouri could increase its energy efficiency goal to 2 percent of sales starting in 2015 and expand the RES to include all utilities with a target of 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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@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} }