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Impacts of a Clean Energy Standard Blog

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) was requested by Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Ralph Hall to analyze a “clean energy” standard (CES) based on the targets proposed by the White House. That standard requires 80 percent of electricity sales in 2035 to come from qualifying clean sources of energy.[i] Eligible sources include natural gas combined cycle plants, nuclear plants, renewable plants (hydroelectric, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal), and fossil plants…

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