The Brattle report finds that the language in the Clean Power Plan (CPP) provides minimal guidance on the actions U.S. states must take to ensure they create the conditions required to make
use of clean energy imports from Canada within their State Implementation Plans and related energy policies.
Cape Windâ $ ™ s proposal to build Americaâ $ ™ s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal would provide three - quarters
of the electricity
used on Cape Cod and the Islands from
clean, renewable
energy — reducing this regionâ $ ™ s need to
import oil, coal and gas.
-- In accordance with subparagraph (B), the team shall provide technical, programmatic, and financial assistance to each utility
of each affiliated island, and the government
of each affiliated island, as appropriate, to develop and implement an
energy Action Plan for each affiliated island to reduce the reliance
of each affiliated island on
imported fossil fuels through increased efficiency and
use of indigenous
clean -
energy resources.