Just one rule impacting coal-fired power plants, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, has been estimated by the agency to cost $9.6 billion annually.
Ed Whitfield: “Just one rule impacting coal-fired power plants, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, has been estimated by the agency…”
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Whitfield highlights the high costs associated with EPA regulations on coal power plants.
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This administration is engaged in favoritism as it pursues its carbon future for America.
Well, some States would disagree with that. I've talked to many of them, and they view--even though you went through a process, that you set the standard.
However, most of this trend is due to sharply increased domestic oil production--something that few imagined was even possible during the Congressional debates over the RFS.
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