MEMORANDUM

To: Carbon Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket id: OAR-2013-0602

From: Region 5, EPA

Summary: The question at the bottom of the email was raised by a staff member from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

From: Cain, Alexis [mailto:cain.alexis@epa.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:03 PM
To: Wasiniewska, Karolina
Cc: Rupp, Mark; Czerniak, George; Strine, Lora; Doug Scott; Bremer, Kristen; Newman, Erin
Subject: FW: Call with Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Hello Karolina -- so that we can get the right people from USEPA on the call to answer your questions, could you clarify whether your question relates only to the Clean Power Plan proposal, or if the questions also relate to the treatment of renewable energy in the Notice of Data Availability released yesterday? 

If it's all right with you, we will invite Illinois EPA in the discussion when we set up a call.

Alexis Cain
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
77 W. Jackson Blvd (AT-18J)
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 886-7018
fax (312) 697-2046
cain.alexis@epa.gov

From: Rupp, Mark [mailto:Rupp.Mark@epa.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 7:41 PM
To: Wasiniewska, Karolina
Cc: Hughes, Alexandra; Czerniak, George; Strine, Lora; Doug Scott
Subject: Re: Call with Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Hi, Karolina. Thank you for this. 

I'm including a few folks on this email:  Doug Scott with your Commerce Commission as well as  George Czerniak, the Air Division Director out of our Region 5 office in Chicago.   

I'll let Region 5 drive the best date/time to connect with your folks. And Lora Strine (also cc'd) in EPA headquarters can work to support George with any headquarters participants he may like. 

Mark

On Oct 28, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Wasiniewska, Karolina <Karolina.Wasiniewska@illinois.gov> wrote:
Good Afternoon,
 
I hope this email finds you well. 
 
The Assistant Deputy for Energy & Recycling  at the Illinois DCEO, Molly Lunn, is currently working on the 111(d) comments and has some questions about how EPA has intended to treat renewables and RECs under the proposed rule. Her question has to do specifically with how EPA proposes to treat RECs under 111(d), and how that treatment might differ if a state submitted its own plan vs. a regional plan.  
 
I wanted to reach out and see if there was a time later this week or early next week that would work for you for a call regarding this matter, either Thursday morning, Friday afternoon, or Monday morning.  
 
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Best,
 
Karolina Wasiniewska
Federal Liaison, James H. Dunn Fellow
Governor Pat Quinn, State of Illinois
Karolina.Wasiniewska@illinois.gov
(P) 202 624 7760
(F) 202 724 0689
 
 

