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arbcombo -- Release of Modeling Results related to the California Plan for Compliance with U.S. EPA Clean Power Plan
Posted: 26 Apr 2016 15:48:35
California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff is developing proposals for 2016 amendments to the California Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Market Based Compliance Mechanisms (Cap-and-Trade Program) that will seek to improve Program efficiency and chart post-2020 implementation of the Program. The potential revisions would also support California’s plan for compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA) Clean Power Plan. ARB, California Energy Commission (CEC), and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) staff have continued to update Clean Power Plan reliability and modeling results. Staff have produced revised production cost modeling results to forecast electricity sector emissions under mid-range and stressful demand conditions through to 2031, and generated planning reserve margin estimates under these scenarios. This updated information includes an anticipated emissions level from the sector relative to federal targets. To ensure timely and simultaneous access to these updated modeling results, ARB will post this information to ARB’s Clean Power Plan website at noon on Thursday, April 28, 2016. http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/powerplants/powerplants.htm. Background Cap-and-Trade Regulation The Board first formally adopted the Cap-and-Trade Regulation in October 2011, and subsequently approved limited amendments to the Cap-and-Trade Regulation in June 2012, October 2013, April 2014, September 2014, and most recently June 2015. The upcoming 2016 amendments will seek to improve Cap-and-Trade Program efficiency, update the Cap-and-Trade Regulation using the latest information, and chart post-2020 implementation of the Cap-and-Trade Program. More information about ARB’s Cap-and-Trade Program is available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm. Clean Power Plan On August 3, 2015, U.S. EPA’s Administrator signed its Clean Power Plan, which sets carbon dioxide emissions limits for many existing electric generating units. These regulations are based on section 111(d) (42 U.S.C. § 7411(d)) of the federal Clean Air Act. The Plan was published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2015. States must develop compliance plans to meet these limits and compliance plans are due in September 2016 (with the option to seek extensions). ARB is developing California’s compliance plan in consultation with the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission, California’s air districts, and other partners. More information about the Clean Power Plan and related rules is available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/powerplants/powerplants.htm. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: capandtrade, cc, ghg-rep, ghg-ver, offsets.