Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (NAICS 2211)

Electric power generation, transmission and distribution are part of the utilities sector (NAICS 22). This sector includes all electric generating facilities powered by fossil fuels, including coal, petroleum, or gas as the power source.

Additional regulatory information about this sector may be available from the US Department of Energy

Read more about sectors at the US Census Bureau NAICS site.

Laws and Regulations

• Air:
  • Controlling Power Plant Emissions: Overview: information about controlling mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from power plants.
  • Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR): Requires 27 states to signigicantly improve air quality by reducing power plant emissions that contribute to ozone and/or fine particle pollution in other states.
  • National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): air toxics regulations:
    
    • Air Toxics Standards for Utilities
    • Benzene Waste Operations
    • Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE), including area sources
    • Stationary Combustion Turbines
    • Utility NESHAP
  • Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
  • Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS): Regulatory Actions
• General:
  • Energy Portal: Regulations and Standards: EPA's key energy-related regulations.
• Waste:
  • Industrial Waste: Fossil Fuel Combustion Waste
• Water:
  • Cooling Water Intake Structures: CWA §316(b): Final rules, court proceedings, and other documents related to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) rules for cooling water intake structures.

Compliance

• Combustion Portal : compliance assistance center.
• Industrial Materials Recycling: Coal Combustion Products
• Power Generators Compliance Assistance: including sector profiles and assistance centers.

Enforcement

• Coal-Fired Power Plant Enforcement Initiative
• National Enforcement Initiatives:
  • Assuring Energy Extraction Sector Compliance with Environmental Laws
  • Reducing Air Pollution from the Largest Sources

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