Con Edison Challenges Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
September 16 2019 - 12:50PM
Con Edison, as part of a coalition of public and private electric
utility companies, has filed a petition in the District of Columbia
Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) new Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the repeal of
the Clean Power Plan.
Con Edison has taken this action because it believes that the
EPA’s rollback of the Clean Power Plan is the wrong approach to
combating climate change, and will undermine the company’s own
efforts to achieve meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions, including:
- Significant investments in renewable energy; the promotion of
utility-owned renewable generation
- Offshore wind initiatives
- Infrastructure and incentives to support electric vehicle
adoption
- Clean heating alternatives
- Innovative battery storage and energy efficiency programs
- Renewable gas
- Natural gas efficiency programs and methane emission
reductions
- Customer-friendly policies for residential solar
generation
Since 2013, solar adoption by Con Edison customers has increased
exponentially. Approximately 28,000 Con Edison and 8,000 Orange
& Rockland (O&R) customers generate more than 375 megawatts
(MW) of electricity with more than 250 MW of solar generation in
the queue.
Through its Clean Energy Businesses, Con Edison, Inc. is the
second largest solar provider in North America, with 2,600 MW of
renewable (solar and wind) assets in 17 states. Con Edison’s assets
avoid 5.4 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. To
achieve additional savings in New York, Con Edison is seeking
permission to develop, own, and operate renewable energy projects
for customers.
The transition to clean heating alternatives will put more
demand on the electrical grid in the winter months, and Con Edison
and O&R are working to expand their electric distribution
systems to support that demand.
In a statement that accompanied the Sept. 6 filing, the Power
Companies Climate Coalition, citing higher costs to both customers
and industry, argued the new rule prohibits the power sector from
using the more effective emission reduction measures, such as
emissions trading, that it has historically used.
Coalition members serve more than 23 million customers across 49
states and the District of Columbia, and own or operate more than
84,000 megawatts of generating capacity. For more information about
the Power Companies Climate Coalition, its filing and statement,
visit
https://mjbradley.com/content/power-companies-climate-coalition.
For additional information about Con Edison’s multi-pronged
approach to mitigate the impacts of climate change visit us at
https://www.coned.com/en/our-energy-future/our-energy-vision/our-clean-energy-vision
Consolidated Edison, Inc. is one of the nation's largest
investor-owned energy-delivery companies, with approximately $12
billion in annual revenues and $55 billion in assets. The company
provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to
its customers through the following subsidiaries: Consolidated
Edison Company of New York, Inc., a regulated utility providing
electric, gas and steam service in New York City and Westchester
County, New York; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., a regulated
utility serving customers in a 1,300-square-mile-area in
southeastern New York State and northern New Jersey; Con Edison
Clean Energy Businesses, Inc., which through its subsidiaries
develops, owns and operates renewable and energy infrastructure
projects and provides energy-related products and services to
wholesale and retail customers; and Con Edison Transmission, Inc.,
which through its subsidiaries invests in electric and natural gas
transmission projects.
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