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(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Some of the nation’s largest electric
utilities are calling on Congress to provide uniform rules for clean energy to
help them meet self-established goals for reducing carbon emissions.
Utility leaders warn that a patchwork of differing policies
across states would complicate their clean energy plans and are asking the
federal government to pass either a carbon tax or a clean electricity mandate
to provide certainty.
“The most efficient thing long-term is for this country at
the federal level to come to grips with the situation and allow for markets to
be designed that will advance what our customers want,” Chris Crane, the CEO of
Exelon, told Josh in an interview at the industry’s annual convention hosted by
the Edison Electric Institute in Philadelphia.
Dominion joins the push too: Exelon, along with Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy, recently joined the CEO Climate Dialogue, a new coalition of businesses and environmental groups formed to asked Congress for legislation that would put a price on carbon across the U.S. economy to achieve at least an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050.
“Our preference is for a straightforward policy coming from Congress that will be long-lasting that we can react to, plan for, deal with, and educate our customers on,” said Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell.
“Our preference is for a straightforward policy coming from Congress that will be long-lasting that we can react to, plan for, deal with, and educate our customers on,” said Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell.
