Upstate SC News

Washington, D.C.– On May 11, Congressman Jeff Duncan released a statement to condemn the Biden Administration Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule that would regulate power plants and put the electric grid at risk. 

“Mandating more electrification while making it harder to produce electricity is a recipe for disaster. The Biden EPA’s new proposed rules for power plants will put Americans at risk of blackouts, energy shortages, and higher prices by shutting down reliable energy sources,” said Congressman Jeff Duncan. “President Biden’s rush-to-green energy policies are unsustainable and will lead to a future of energy reliability and vulnerability. Instead of shutting down our baseload power, overregulating American energy, and forcing a so-called ‘energy transition,’ it’s time to unleash an all-of-the-above energy strategy for the United States to thrive.”

Background: The EPA’s proposed rule to regulate the nation’s 3,400 natural gas and coal power plants would require them to capture 90% of their ‘planet-warming emissions’ by 2035 or run mostly on hydrogen by 2038. This rule intended to cut air pollution would threaten the existence of coal and gas-fired power plants, and some coal plants are expected to shut down in the wake of the new rule.

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