Despite the Supreme Court’s February 2016 order staying the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the “Obama administration is moving ahead” with incentives for the program, reports thehill.com. The Clean Energy Incentive Program would “give states compliance credits for renewable energy and efficiency projects that are undertaken earlier than the Clean Power Plan would require them,” according to the article. Janet McCabe, head of the EPA’s air pollution office, said, “[t]aking these steps will help cut carbon pollution by encouraging investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, which will help give our kids and grandkids a healthier and safer future.” The EPA believes “actions like the incentive program and helping states voluntarily comply with the regulation are permissible under the court stay.” For more, read the full article.
Despite court stay, EPA moves ahead with incentive program for Clean Power Plan
