New climate rules / less gas, more renewables / EPA take over if states don't act

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2. Likely more nuclear as well

More so than the proposal, the final regulation plan will help encourage nuclear power generation, which doesn’t emit any carbon and accounts for about 20% of the U.S.’s electricity.

Nuclear reactors under construction now in Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia will get credit toward compliance, a change from the proposal, the administration official said. The official added that nuclear plants upgraded to become efficient will also get more credit.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-emissions-rule-to-mandate-limits-beyond-proposed-targets-1438488002