The Department of Environmental Protection has completed the eighth of the 14 listening sessions on the federal Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in York on Monday.

DEP Secretary John Quigley talked with the York Daily Record editorial board in connection with the latest listening session and outlined the Wolf Administration’s approach to developing a Pennsylvania plan to meet these federal requirements.

DEP is soliciting comments on the Clean Energy Incentive Program component of the CPP and on the EPA-proposed federal plan that serves as a model rule for states developing their state plans.

Here are just a few of the comments submitted so far--

-- Pennsylvania Environmental Council

-- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance

-- Energy Coordinating Agency in Philadelphia (Nonprofit)

-- Bernard McGurl, Northeast PA

-- Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Esq.

-- Waste-To-Energy Recovery Council

-- Exelon Corporation

-- Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

-- PA Coal Alliance

-- United Mine Workers Union

-- PA Manufacturers’ Association

-- Michael Hanlon, Americans For Prosperity

The next listening sessions will be held October 22 in Lehigh County, October 28 in Schuylkill County, October 29 in Erie, October 30 in Clarion and Clearfield counties and November 4 in Lycoming County.

Comments on the Clean Power Plan can be submitted online.  Click Here to see comments submitted by others so far.

Click Here for a complete schedule and more information.

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