EPA Proposal Would Loosen CO2 Emissions Levels, Remove CCS Requirement for New-Build Coal-Fired Generation

SUGAR LAND--December 7, 2018--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a move designed to spur construction of new coal-fired electric generation, the Trump administration on December 6 released a proposed modification of New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new, modified and reconstructed fossil-fueled power plants that would remove carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) as the best system of emission reduction (BSER). In its Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration designated partial CCS as the BSER in revising section 111(b) of the Clean Air Act. Within this article: Details of new EPA guidance and its consequences Companies featured: NRG Energy Incorporated (NYSE:NRG)