PJM, PECO, competitors wrestle over the right model
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 368 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1040-6190
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✦ Synopsis
new rules, including the electric utility industry, have a strong case to make against the EPA proposal.
The science is shaky and the economic impact likely to be large. The fact that the White House economic advisors, the science advisor, and the Treasury Department argued against the new rules will be powerful ammunition for the other side. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the respected former chairman of the House Commerce Committee, has said he will "go to war" over the new ambient air quality standards. "This decision unnecessarily complicates and delays the effort to clean the air," Dingell said, "and I fully expect the Congress to exercise its constitutional responsibilities in this matter." With Democrats trying to roll the White House, Republicans will have cover to go after the administration without being tagged as soft on polluters. The GOP in Congress has taken a terrible political beating in their attempts to put what are perceived as anti-environment riders on must-pass legislation. 'With Democrats prominently opposing this rule," said one long-time observer, "it gives the Republicans the ability to fight it, as well, without being labeled as anti-environment extremists."