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Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants [1]

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Date: 2023-04-25 12:59:33-04:00

Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants Basic Information Basic Information Docket Numbers EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072

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Rule Summary

EPA is proposing Clean Air Act emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from fossil fuel-fired power plants based on cost-effective and available control technologies.

Announcements On July 7, 2023, EPA released additional modeling to supplement the record for the proposed carbon pollution standards. On June 13, 14 and 15, 2023, EPA held a virtual public hearing on the proposal. On June 12, 2023, EPA extended the comment period on the proposal to August 8, 2023.

The proposals would set limits for new gas-fired combustion turbines, existing coal, oil and gas-fired steam generating units, and certain existing gas-fired combustion turbines.

Consistent with EPA’s traditional approach to establishing pollution standards for power plants under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, the proposed standards are based on technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration/storage (CCS), low-GHG hydrogen co-firing, and natural gas co-firing, which can be applied directly to power plants that use fossil fuels to generate electricity.

As laid out in section 111 of the Clean Air Act, the proposed new source performance standards (NSPS) and emission guidelines reflect the application of the best system of emission reduction (BSER) that, taking into account costs, energy requirements, and other statutory factors, is adequately demonstrated for the purpose of improving the emissions performance of the covered electric generating units.

Rule History

6/16/2023 - Comment Period Extension

5/23/2023 - Proposed Rule: New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units (EGUs); Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired EGUs

Additional Resources

Regulatory Impact Analysis

Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired EGUs; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired EGUs (pdf)

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Overview of Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants Proposed Rule (pdf)

Fact Sheet for Communities with Environmental Justice Concerns - Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants Proposed Rule (pdf)

Fact Sheet for Tribes - Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants Proposed Rule (pdf)

Fact Sheet on State Plans - Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants Proposed Rule (pdf)

Presentation

Overview Presentation: Clean Air Act Section 111 Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units (pdf)

Modeling

Power Sector Modeling

Integrated Proposal Modeling and Updated Baseline Analysis Memo to the Docket (pdf)

Proposed Regulatory Text

Regulatory Text - Proposed Emission Guidelines (pdf)

Regulatory Text - Proposed NSPS for Combustion Turbines (pdf)

Regulatory Text - Proposed NSPS for Fossil Fuel-fired Steam Generating Units (pdf)

Regulatory Text - Proposed ACE Repeal (pdf)

Technical Support Documents

Applicability of Emission Guidelines to Existing Stationary Combustion Turbines: FAQs (pdf)

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures - Carbon Capture and Storage for Combustion Turbines Technical Support Document (pdf)

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures for Steam Generating Units Technical Support Document (pdf)

Natural Gas- and Oil-fired Steam Generating Unit Technical Support Document (pdf)

Power Sector Trends Technical Support Document (pdf)

Resource Adequacy Analysis Technical Support Document (pdf)

Simple Cycle Stationary Combustion Turbine EGUs Technical Support Document (pdf)

Hydrogen in Combustion Turbine Electric Generating Units Technical Support Document (pdf)

Efficient Generation: Combustion Turbine Electric Generating Units Technical Support Document (pdf)

Informational Webinars

EPA held webinars on June 6 and 7, 2023, to provide an overview of the proposed rules, information on how to effectively engage in the regulatory process, and an opportunity to participate in a Q&A session . The target audience for the webinars is Tribal environmental professionals, communities and organizations with environmental justice concerns. EPA plans to post a recording of the webinar when it is available.

Presentation from June 6 and June 7 Informational Webinars (pdf)

Watch a video of the training

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