New Climate Regulations Could Destabilize Grid, Electricity Operators Tell EPA

Proposed rules may ‘materially and adversely impact electric reliability,' they say

A wind farm outside of Palm Springs., Calif., on May 26, 2018. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Several independent electricity operators jointly testified to the EPA last week that the agency’s proposed new emissions rules could cause America’s electric grid to become unreliable.

In an Aug. 8 statement, a group of Independent Systems Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations (“Joint ISOs/RTOs") wrote that the EPA’s proposed emissions regulations “have the potential to materially and adversely impact electric reliability.”