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- About that P in your acronym...by Zigurd
- Surely this is going to cement the reputation of datacenters as a blight.by two_handfuls
- Title is taken from the reuters coverage[1], but I used the link to the original epa.gov press release.
[1]: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/epa-says-power-data...
by Levitating - There are big benefits to having power generation grid connected.
It is more reliable (due to many possible generation sources). It is more eco-friendly (solar in daytime, wind when the wind blows). It is more cost efficient (no need to overbuild for peak usage, generators don't sit idle when computers are off for maintenance).
Yet our electricity grid has such a mass of regulations attached that people are choosing to lose these benefits - and with it we lose the benefit of them connecting to our grid.
- What a disgrace. Abysmal leadership in this country.by wilburx3
- EPA guidance source document https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2026-07/epa-issue...by andsoitis
- Hmm... rules for thee but not for me. Sounds like the beginning of the end for the EPA. Two tiered rules breed resentment. There are already plenty of people that don't like the EPA. Making exceptions just makes it easier to argue the EPA is useless or just a tool for oppressing the little guy.by tastyfreeze
- > Clean Air Act (CAA) Acid Rain Program (ARP) does not apply to power generation facilities that are not connected to a public electricity grid, commonly referred to as “islanded” power generation facilities.
This of course makes no sense whatever, as whether or not a power generator is connected to the grid has nothing to do with its environmental impact.
by pyrophane