State Lege Trend. Tie Coal Plant Retirement to Federal Approval.

Where: Indiana

The legislation: HB 1414 (2020 | IN)

What federal action would permit the the retirement of a coal generation facility in Indiana?

• wholly, or in part, on one or more federally mandated requirements 

• just be tied to enforcement of a federal administrative rule

What is explicitly excluded from triggering a coal retirement?

• A consent decree into which the public utility was not required to enter by a state regulatory authority
• An administrative rule of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
• The public utility’s interpretation of an administrative rule

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