EnergyWire: Setting a price on carbon emissions could be the most effective way for operators of power plants in the Midwest to comply with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, according to a senior executive with the region's grid operator.
Allowing "for the formation of some sort of price for generating an emissions amount of carbon" would mirror what happens now in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator with regard to sulfur dioxide emissions, said Todd Ramey, vice president for system operations and market...