Stating that the Agency will abide by the Supreme Court stay, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy says, “but, we will keep moving the Clean Power Plan forward… we’ll keep moving forward with things like the model rule and the CEIP.” EPA’s “model rule” will serve as the Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for those states that oppose and refuse to submit a plan under the regulation. EPA’s website says the CEIP (Clean Energy Investment Program) is an option for states “to incentivize early investments in wind and solar power generation.”
Despite the legal suit of 28 states in opposition to the Clean Power Plan, McCarthy says, “States want it. States like it.”
ADMINISTRATOR GINA MCCARTHY: “I have every respect for the Supreme Court and their decision, and we will keep abiding by that faithfully, but we will keep moving the Clean Power Plan forward. States want it. States like it. They’re going to continue to move. So, we’ll be working with those voluntary– those states and those voluntary actions, and we’ll keep moving forward with things like the model rule and the CEIP so that we can hit the ground running when the merits argument is completed and we have succeeded in defending this rule.”
IHS Energy CERA Week
February 24, 2016
