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AccountingCornerstones of Financial AccountingAssessing the Effects of the “Clean Air” Legislation Congress is considering legislation that would require significant reductions over a several-year period in the quantity of emissions that electric utilities will be allowed to discharge into the air. Electric utilities that generate their electricity by burning inexpensive, but relatively high-sulfur, coal will be most affected by this legislation. Some utilities plan to comply with this legislation by burning coal with a lower sulfur content. Other utilities plan to comply with this legislation by installing devices on power plant smokestacks that would filter emissions before it is discharged into the air. Required: 1. In what places on the financial statements of coal-dependent electric utilities do you expect to observe the effects of this legislation?

Assessing the Effects of the “Clean Air” Legislation Congress is considering legislation that would require significant reductions over a several-year period in the quantity of emissions that electric utilities will be allowed to discharge into the air. Electric utilities that generate their electricity by burning inexpensive, but relatively high-sulfur, coal will be most affected by this legislation. Some utilities plan to comply with this legislation by burning coal with a lower sulfur content. Other utilities plan to comply with this legislation by installing devices on power plant smokestacks that would filter emissions before it is discharged into the air. Required: 1. In what places on the financial statements of coal-dependent electric utilities do you expect to observe the effects of this legislation?

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Assessing the Effects of the “Clean Air” Legislation

Congress is considering legislation that would require significant reductions over a several-year period in the quantity of emissions that electric utilities will be allowed to discharge into the air. Electric utilities that generate their electricity by burning inexpensive, but relatively high-sulfur, coal will be most affected by this legislation. Some utilities plan to comply with this legislation by burning coal with a lower sulfur content. Other utilities plan to comply with this legislation by installing devices on power plant smokestacks that would filter emissions before it is discharged into the air.

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1. In what places on the financial statements of coal-dependent electric utilities do you expect to observe the effects of this legislation?

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