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• Rely on regulation or legislation that provides innovative and flexible <br />mechanisms for achieving emissions goals. Generation resources throughout <br />the industry differ significantly based upon characteristics including coal type, <br />technology, and installed emissions controls. Congress should incorporate <br />flexible and innovative approaches to controlling emissions. <br />• Base legislation and regulatory reform on science and cost-effectiveness, <br />taking into account the impact on the reliability and security of the energy <br />system. Environmental goals are best achieved when those goals are grounded in <br />good science, supported by the public, and addressed in the most cost-effective <br />manner. <br />Recognize existing "clean plants" and "clean utilities." Ironically, some <br />proposals would require clean plants to further reduce pollution emissions at the <br />same reduction rate as dirty plants. If adopted, these proposals would effectively <br />penalize the customers of the nation's already clean plants. Customers who have <br />already paid the initial cost of improved emissions in their clean plants would be <br />expected to pay even higher costs for incremental improvements with diminishing <br />returns. <br />Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association <br />February 2005 <br />