FERC - "Annual Report of Wisconsin Electric Power Company."

Title: Annual Report of Wisconsin Electric Power Company. Source: FERC Data/Action: ALJ Initial Decisions Date: 3/31/2020 Text Preview: ...Corporation Federal and State Regulatory Agencies EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ... ...EPA released a final rule in October 2015, which lowered the limit for ground-level ozone, creating a more stringent standard than the 2008 NAAQS. The EPA issued final nonattainment area designations in April 2018. The following counties within our service territories were designated as partial nonattainment: Kenosha, Manitowoc, Northern Milwaukee/Ozaukee, and Sheboygan shorelines. This redesignation was challenged in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Clean Wisconsin et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency... ...EPA redesignation, if necessary, would take place in mid-2021. We believe we are well positioned to meet the requirements associated with the ozone standard and do not expect to incur significant costs to comply. The State of Wisconsin is currently working with stakeholders, including us, in developing regulations for inclusion in the state implementation plan required by the rule. Mercury and Air Toxics Standards - In December 2018, the EPA proposed to revise the Supplemental Cost Finding for the MATS rule as well as the CAA required RTR. The EPA...