Brattle Group
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[From an Climate Wire article by Daniel Cusick, sub., req'd] Electric utilities will struggle to meet new U.S. EPA regulations governing mercury emissions from coal-fired plants, a new study has found, noting that surging demand for the equipment needed to retrofit or replace old boilers will lead to project backlogs and drive up compliance costs.
The assessment was done by the Brattle Group for the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO), which monitors the nation’s high-voltage transmission system throughout the Midwest. The study concluded that the retrofit and replacement demand in its area alone will exceed the utility industry’s peak historic deployment rates by 51 percent to 162 percent…
