Our Legacy of Victory
Clean Power Plan
Clean Wisconsin led numerous collaborative discussions with local utilities in 2015 to demonstrate the practicality of transitioning to clean energy. Those conversations helped bolster utility support for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, an initiative adopted by the agency under the Clean Air Act that aimed to cut carbon pollution by 30% from 2005 levels while also reducing harmful soot and smog.
Prior to the effort, utilities has already begun to recognize that cutting emissions by investing in clean energy and efficiency was possible and cost-effective.
Why It Matters
Fossil fuel-burning power plants are the largest sources of the emissions that lead to climate change and also contribute to harmful air pollution. When the Clean Power Plan was adopted in 2015, the EPA estimated it would avoid between 1,500 and 3,600 premature deaths from air pollution each year, along with 90,000 asthma attacks in children, and up to 1,700 heart attacks.
