The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published a draft notice seeking public comment that would link environmental electricity-price payments to hourly emissions compliance for coal-fired generators. Under the proposal, grid companies would directly deduct payments for desulfurization, denitrification, dust removal and ultra-low-emission charges from settlements for hours when a coal-fired unit’s hourly average SO2, NOx or particulate concentrations exceed regulatory limits; the

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published a draft notice seeking public comment that would link environmental electricity-price payments to hourly emissions compliance for coal-fired generators. Under the proposal, grid companies would directly deduct payments for desulfurization, denitrification, dust removal and ultra-low-emission charges from settlements for hours when a coal-fired unit’s hourly average SO2, NOx or particulate concentrations exceed regulatory limits; the rule covers both public and captive coal-fired units’ output delivered to the grid.