EPA plans to issue its economic modeling analysis of the Kerry-Lieberman climate change bill on Monday, E&E News PM reported. Agency spokesman Brendan Gilfillan said the shift from the originally planned release on Wednesday resulted from a final review of the analysis not being completed until this weekend. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, ID-Conn., said the analysis will be "a very big moment in the Senate's consideration of energy and climate legislation."
Lieberman called the announcement "the most comprehensive, credible analysis of energy-climate legislation that's yet been done." He also expressed hopes that the study will show that the bill "will create millions of good new jobs." The Energy Information Administration was expected to issue its own analysis of the bill within several weeks.
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