

MEMORANDUM

DATE: 11/21/14

FROM: 		Ken Mitchell/EPA Region 4

TO:CLEAN POWER PLAN FOR EXISTING POWER PLANTS; DOCKET ID: OAR - 2013-0602

SUBJECT:DISCUSSION OF THE CLEAN POWER Plan with EPA Region 4 State and Local Energy and Environmental Agencies

SUMMARY:        

EPA Region 4 provided information on the Clean Power Plan to EPA Region 4 State and Local
 Energy and Environmental Agencies on 7/14/14 (West Virginia officials also participated).  The Clean 
Power Plan for Existing Power Plants was proposed on June 2, 2014.

ATTENDEES:

EPA
Beverly Banister/EPA R4
Keith Goff/EPA R4
Other EPA R4 staff
Joe Goffman/OAR HQ
Other EPA OAR HQ staff

External Stakeholders
Approximately 28 State and Local Energy and Environmental Agency staff

ATTACHMENT

Advance Questions for Discussion of the Clean Power Plan with EPA Region 4 State, Local, and 
Tribal Energy and Environmental Agencies on 7/14/14

1. Dispatch is currently set by complex economic algorithms developed by the utilities. What regulatory mechanism does EPA anticipate states using to require utilities to switch to an environmental dispatch?

2. Does EPA have a planned approach for dealing with a major disruption in the energy markets? Same question for an unexpected shutdown of a nuclear plant?

3. Why is Georgia being asked to reduce emissions by 48%, when other states's reduction targets are significantly smaller (e.g. less than 20%)?



