Today the Environmental Protection Agency heeded my request, with Republican Senator Deb Fischer, to extend the public comment period on the agency’s proposed rule to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants and provide more time to review these complex new rules so states, utilities, and others potentially impacted by them can comment on them. We need real, workable solutions for implementing rules that reduce emissions, but do not hinder job growth or the reliability of our electrical system and that recognize the important role of coal-fired power in our generating mix for the foreseeable future. To accomplish that, everyone impacted by the rules should be able to have a say, and this extension helps allow that to happen.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 23:15:23 +0000
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