These States Are Setting Wind Energy Records – and Suing Over Obama's Climate Plans
View on The Washington Post website"Granted, just because these states get a lot of power from wind doesn’t mean they don’t also still get a lot from coal, which would be punished by the Clean Power Plan, said Nathan Richardson, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who focuses on environmental and energy law. Take Texas: According to ERCOT, while wind supplied 10.6 percent of electricity to its grid in 2014, coal supplied 36 percent.
And there’s another factor to bear in mind. 'Remember that the states’ attorneys general leading the suits against the EPA are separate from and not necessarily aligned with the state environmental regulators and public service commissions that would be charged with implementing the CPP,' Richardson said."
