Future power sector carbon dioxide emissions depend on status of Clean Power Plan

<> Future power sector carbon dioxide emissions depend on status of Clean Power Plan - Trends in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity generation through 2040 depend significantly on whether or not the Clean Power Plan (CPP) rule issued last August by the U.S. EPA is implemented -- analysis in the U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) examines what the CPP could mean for the fuels used to generate electricity, especially coal -- two AEO2016 cases: The Reference case assumes implementation of EPA's final CPP rule, while the No CPP case assumes the rule, enforcement of which is currently on hold pending judicial review, does not ever come into effect.