State Implementation Plan

Independence Institute comments to CDPHE on Clean Power Plan implementation in Colorado 0
- September 25, 2015
Thanks to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for holding this event. A few comments for the agency to consider. First, in your December 2014 comments, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, and the Colorado Energy Office all maintained that ‘In Colorado, the PUC has exclusive
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The Whole, Depressing Truth: HB 1291 0
- April 29, 2011
I travelled to Denver twice in the last 7 days to testify before the Senate State Affairs Committee on HB 1291, Colorado’s State Implementation Plan to meet the Regional Haze provision of the federal Clean Air Act. I told the Committee that HB 1291 is illegal. And I rebutted the distortions peddled by its proponents, who also
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Democracy Subverted: Colorado Senate Stifles HB 1291 Opposition 0
- April 17, 2011
As I explained in a companion post, HB 1291, legislation that approves the Air Quality Control Commission’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, is an illegal rip-off. Thankfully, there’s a remedy: Senator Kevin Lundberg’s S. 237, would strip HB 1291 of its most cost-ineffective provisions, and thereby save ratepayers at least $100 million in unnecessary costs.
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Primer: HB 1291, an Illegal Rip-off 0
- April 17, 2011
What is HB 1291? On Monday, by a 58-7 vote, the Colorado House of Representatives passed HB 1291, legislation that approves the Air Quality Control Commission’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. HB 1291 comes before the Senate State Affairs Committee next Tuesday, April 19. What is a Regional Haze State Implementation Plan? In the 1977
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Will Lawmakers Stop the AQCC’s (almost certainly) Illegal Regional Haze Plan?0
- March 29, 2011
I’ve written before about the Air Quality Control Commission’s outrageous Regional Haze Implementation Plan. In particular, I objected to the plan’s treatment of two small coal fired power plants near Steamboat Springs, Hayden 1 and Hayden 2, because it mandates controls that are at least $100 million more expensive than what is required by the
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