{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-224.20-143","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 224.20-143","heading":"Bases for carbon dioxide emission reduction performance standards for","body":"existing natural gas-fired electric generating units.\nExcept for adjustments of the performance standard on a case -by-case basis under KRS\n224.20-144, the performance standard th at shall be established for existing gas -fired\nelectric generating units shall be based on the following:\n(1) The best system of emission reduction which has been adequately demonstrated for\ngas-fired electric generating units subject to the performance st andard. Best system\nof emission reduction shall take into account the cost of:\n(a) Achieving the emission reduction;\n(b) Impacting non-air-quality health and the environment; and\n(c) Maintaining energy requirements needed to serve the load of the electric\ngenerating unit;\n(2) Reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide that can reasonably be achieved through\nmeasures undertaken at each gas-fired electric generating unit; and\n(3) Efficiency and other measures that can be undertaken at the unit to reduce carbo n\ndioxide emissions from the unit without switching from natural gas to other fuels\nthat emit less carbon dioxide than natural gas or by limiting the utilization of the\nelectric generating unit.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43011","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:40Z","sha256":"a8e7149af6c97e3769472d902155aa22c040c86f70ccaf3eb689651046d3b416","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-224.20-142","next":"us-ky/krs-224.20-144"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}