India's Energy Transition: The Cost of Meeting Air Pollution Standards in the Coal-fired Electricity Sector

The brief details the cost of compliance with regulations on air pollution and implicit subsidies associated with extensions and non-compliance. This issue brief examines: the reasons for slow progress by coal power plants; the cost of installing pollution control equipment for the sector and implications for the electricity price; the cost of externalities related to human health; and a comparison of the cost of installing pollution-control equipment with phasing out non-complying coal plants.