Gina McCarthy and the Making of the Clean Power Plan

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As administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2013-2017), Gina McCarthy faced a daunting challenge: to write a technically airtight and legally defensible regulation, the Clean Power Plan, to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants. The task required deep understanding of current trends in the electric power sector and how regional markets operate to ensure that EPA actions to curb carbon pollution would not threaten energy reliability or affordability. The initiative, officially launched in 2013, was key to U.S. action and leadership on climate change during the Obama administration's second term. McCarthy could count on industry and other players to resist proposed changes. Extensive and thoughtful stakeholder outreach and communication were hallmarks of EPA's approach under McCarthy. The strategies used provide a prominent example for leaders mandated to craft complex regulations in a contentious environment.
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