Affordable Clean Energy Rule to Require Coal-Fired Electricity Generators to Improve Efficiency

On June 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which repeals and replaces the Clean Power Plan. As previously reported, the EPA published the proposed the ACE rule in the Federal Register on Aug. 31, 2018, and accepted public comments for 60 days. The final ACE rule will be effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.