Resources for the Town Hall

Clean Power Plan Overview

U.S. EPA resources: overview of the Clean Power Plan |  Clean Power Plan PowerPoint (EPA) | toolbox for states | webinars and training on the Air Pollution Training Institute website

Power Plan Portals: Georgetown Climate Center's Tool Kit | E&E's Power Plan Hub | SEEA CPP Portal

Articles and Analyses: Vox: How the Clean Power Plan Works  | Union of Concerned Scientists: States are already on their way to reach their goals  | Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: State level targets under the plan with an interactive map


Topic 1:  Maximizing Innovation, Economic Development and Jobs

Georgia Department of Economic Development: Energy Solutions and Environment Business

2014 Georgia Clean Energy Industry Census

Topic 2:  Exploring Environmental Benefits and Co-Benefits

USGCRP report on climate change and health executive summary

Nature Climate Change article

Topic 3:  Ensuring Equity and Environmental Justice

Clean Power Plan Community Portal

Topic 4:  Options for Design of a Market Based System

Instrument Choice in Environmental Policy (especially section 3)

The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance (provides an overview of Cap & Trade, experience with past cases, and discusses some of the potential pitfalls in a market system)

Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Clean Power Plan Final Rule - (Pages 3-1 to 3-40) provides detailed discussion on the tradeoffs and implications of a rate based and mass based trading system

Synapse Part 1 and Part 2 blog

Topic 5: Cross-State Coordination: Options, Pros, and Cons

Synapse Part 1 and Part 2 blog