Five Massachusetts generators above 2019 GWSA limits as allowance surplus grows

Published 20:59 on February 3, 2020  /  Last updated at 00:11 on February 5, 2020  / Dan McGraw /  Americas, US

Five Massachusetts-based power plants exceeded their annual CO2 limit under the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade programme last year, but data suggests that surplus allowances in circulation will enable those facilities to easily meet their upcoming compliance deadline.
Five Massachusetts-based power plants exceeded their annual CO2 limit under the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade programme last year, but data suggests that surplus allowances in circulation will enable those facilities to easily meet their upcoming compliance deadline.


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