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NERA has considerable experience in preparing expert testimony in New Source Review (NSR) litigation cases, providing analyses and consulting litigation assistance, and advising clients on how to conduct emissions increase analysis to determine if NSR is likely to apply to contemplated activities. NERA has implemented the instructions in the 40 CFR 52.21 to determine the proper calculations necessary to implement the Actual-to-Projected Actual Applicability Test and its predecessor, the actual-to-future-actual test.
NERA’s expert work on the litigation cases and litigation assistance projects has focused on whether the utilities could reasonably have expected the activities they undertook to cause a significant increase in net emissions. NERA staff have implemented tests that rely on data that electric utilities generally construct for regulatory, planning, and financial reporting purposes. The use of these data is important because they were not prepared for the purposes of the litigation, but rather represent the company’s expectations for the future operations of their facilities at the time the modifications were made.
NERA also assists companies with ongoing NSR regulation compliance. Some companies currently undertaking activities at their facilities may believe that the activities are routine repair, replacement, or maintenance and are exempt from the NSR program. However, given that the rules and law surrounding "routine" exclusions are in flux, we assist clients in conducting actual-to-projected-actual emissions analyses prior to undertaking the activity. These analyses are important as a defense if the activities are not deemed to be routine in the future.
Name | Title | Location | Phone | |
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Sandra Ringelstetter Ennis |
Chief Operating Officer
Managing Director |
Chicago | +1 312 573 2823 | sandra.ringelstetter@nera.com |
Dr. David Harrison Jr. |
Managing Director
Co-Chair, NERA's Global Environmental Economics Practice |
Boston | +1 617 927 4512 | david.harrison@nera.com |
Dr. Anne E. Smith |
Managing Director
Chair, NERA’s Global Environmental Economics Practice |
Washington, DC | +1 202 466 9229 | anne.smith@nera.com |
Mike King | Affiliated Consultant |
Denver
San Francisco Washington, DC |
+1 303 357 4781
+1 303 618 4915 +1 303 618 4915 |
mike.king.affiliate@nera.com |
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Setting Up a Compliant Process for New Source Review | Published Article | By Sandra Ringelstetter Ennis | ||
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EUEC 2012: 15th Annual Energy Utility Environment Conference | 30 January 2012 | |||
EUEC 2011: 14th Annual Energy & Environment Conference | 31 January 2011 | |||
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Ms. Magazine Covers Voz Experta, Advocacy Organization Cofounded by Associate Directo... | 04 December 2020 | Press Release | ||
Steadfast in Uncertain Times: How NERA Is Responding | 16 April 2020 | Press Release | ||
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