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WEBINAR SERIES

Clean Power Plan Update

Abby Fox, Policy Manager

Kristi Swartz, EnergyWire Reporter

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Activelylistening

Developingrelevant

resources

Empowering stakeholders

Surveying the

landscape

SEEA’s Approach to EPA’s Clean Power Plan

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Upcoming SEEA Webinars

Thursday, December 10th

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST

Southeastern States in ACEEE's 2015 Scorecard

The Clean Power Plan and EM&V

Thursday, December 17th

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST

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What We’ll Cover

• Clean Power Plan implementation timeline and upcoming milestones

• Comments made at Atlanta public hearings

• Key energy efficiency issues in CPP documents out for comment

• Regional trends and state activity highlights

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Our Presenters

Kristi SwartzReporter

E&E’s EnergyWire

Abby FoxPolicy Manager

SEEA

CPP Timeline and Milestones

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Implementation Timeline

▪ September 6, 2016: All states submit final plans, or initial submittal with an extension request.

▪ September 6, 2017: States that receive an extension submit progress update.

▪ September 6, 2018: Deadline to submit final state plans, for states with maximum two-year extension.

▪ 2020-2021: Clean Energy Incentive Program.

▪ 2022-2029: Interim stepped compliance periods.

▪ 2030: Start of final compliance period.

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Let the Commenting Begin!

Proposed Federal Plan and

Model Rules

Draft EM&V Guidance

Clean Energy Incentive Program

January

December

Atlanta Hearings

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Key Focuses

▪ Public health impacts

▪ Reliability concerns/need for flexibility in Federal Plan

▪ General endorsement of the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP)

▪ Energy efficiency not discussed in depth

Key Energy Efficiency Issues

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Proposed Federal Plan

▪ Ineligibility of energy efficiency and combined heat and power (CHP)

▪ ERC generation under a rate-based approach

▪ Set-asides or other mechanisms used to incentivize energy efficiency under a mass-based approach

▪ SEEA comments: http://www.seealliance.org/seeainitiatives/emerging-initiatives/clean-air/

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Draft EM&V Guidance

▪ Prescriptiveness/stringency of guidance?

▪ Definition of “low-income” and eligibility criteria

▪ Highly targeted programs vs. overall accessibility of credits?

Clean Energy Incentive Program

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