Acid rain: environmental constraints and costs

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5268899

This investigation of the impacts of possible acid rain legislation on Illinois electric utilities and their customers will focus primarily on the feasibility of emission credit leasing as a potential least-cost emission-reduction compliance strategy for the state. The remainder of this paper is divided into three major sections. Section II provides some background on the thicket of air quality regulation. Some level of understanding is necessary to comprehend the additional compliance cost impacts acid rain legislation would impose and the possible means of minimizing those costs. Section III presents and discusses several possible compliance strategies, including a new and promising approach to acid rain SO/sub 2/ reduction compliance, emission credit leasing/trading. The Commission study now underway to assess its potential is also outlined. Finally, Section IV provides a brief summary of this paper.

• Research Organization: Illinois Commerce Commission, Springfield (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5268899
• Report Number(s): NP-5902100; ON: TI85902100
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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