Analysis of EPA's Proposed Steam-Electric Effluent Limitations and Guidelines
Earthjustice
Completed October 2013
Synapse provided Earthjustice, Sierra Club, and the Environmental Integrity Project with a report commenting on the economic analysis used to develop the EPA’s newly released proposed Steam-Electric Effluent Limitations and Guidelines (ELGs). For this project, Synapse analyzed the industry-wide affordability of the controls proposed by EPA, the benefits of the ELGs, and the reasonableness of the EPA's assumptions regarding uncertainty. Synapse replicated portions of EPA's cost-benefit analysis to confirm accuracy and examined the impact of changes in underlying assumptions on cost-benefit results.