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Clean electricity standard lands spot in $3.5 trillion Democratic-backed infrastructure deal Source: By Scott Voorhis, Utility Dive • Posted: Thursday, July 15, 2021 A clean electricity standard, which would require utilities across the country to slash emissions, will be part of a broad $3.5 trillion infrastructure deal Democrats hope to pass by budget reconciliation, according Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. The Biden administration wants Congress to pass a clean electricity standard, but is also prepared to pursue efforts to push utilities to ratchet down their emissions through the federal regulatory process should a national standard fail to make the final bill, according to Gina McCarthy, the White House’s national climate adviser.

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