1. Panel: Clean Power Plan – Where Do We Go From Here?
Tom Vinson )
VP Federal Regulatory Affairs
American Wind Energy Association
2015 OPSI Annual Meeting
October 12, 2015

2. EIA analysis of draft CPP: Wind accounts for more than half of lowest cost compliance mix in 2030
Source: EIA analysis of draft CPP, available at:

3. EIA: Nearly all regions see major incremental wind under draft CPP by 2025
Source: EIA analysis of draft CPP, available at:

4. EIA analysis shows wind is a “no regrets” compliance solution
Source: AWEA analysis of EIA data

5. Adding wind energy lowers the cost of compliance
PJM Economic Analysis on the Draft CPP, March 2015
Adding wind energy lowers the cost of compliance
Adding wind energy increases flexibility for states by reducing the changes needed to existing fossil fleet, i.e. fewer retirements
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