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Enron throws down gauntlet in Pa. MW derby
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1040-6190
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✦ Synopsis
THE NEWS IN FOCUS on an assumption of no kWh growth from coal-fired generation through 2010. But coal-fired plants comprise 53 percent of generating capacity in the region covered by the rulemaking, and many utilities, particularly in the Midwest, are largely coal-fired. EPA's assumptions that no new coal plants will be built, and that existing plants won't pick up additional sales as a result of competition are wildly at odds with forecasts for the region. EPA's justification for its forecast that coal won't increase market or market share in the next decade is that it reflects the administration's "Climate Change Action Plan." It assumes that