Full Title: EPA’s Clean Power Plan and Reliability Assessing NERC’s Initial Reliability Review
Author(s): Jurgen Weiss, PhD, Bruce Tsuchida, Michael Hagerty, and Will Gorman
Publisher(s): American Energy Economy
Publication Date: February 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):
In November 2014, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued an “initial reliability review” in which it identified elements of the CPP that could lead to reliability concerns. Echoed by some grid operators and cited in comments to EPA submitted by states, utilities, and industry groups, the NERC study has made reliability a critical issue in finalizing, and then implementing, the Clean Power Plan.
In order to gain insight on the issue, the Advanced Energy Economy Institute commissioned The Brattle Group, a leading consulting firm to utilities and grid operators, to conduct a critical review of the NERC study. The Brattle Group’s conclusion:
“Following a review of the reliability concerns raised and the options for mitigating them, we find that compliance with the CPP is unlikely to materially affect reliability.”