Despite Flexibilities, OMB Narrowed ESPS Compliance Options During Review

EPA and its supporters frequently tout the flexibility of the agency's final greenhouse gas rule for existing power plants, but an InsideEPA/climate review of the redline version of the rule shows that the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) removed several other flexibilities related to state compliance pathways during interagency review. The OMB edits remove flexibilities associated with the rate-based compliance pathway, as well as options to switch or blend the two compliance pathways during state implementation...