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Shelley Moore Capito: “This rule will have a devastating impact on our State, other coal producing States, electricity rate payers across the…”

On the recordMay 4, 2015
This rule will have a devastating impact on our State, other coal producing States, electricity rate payers across the country and the reliability of our grid.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito emphasizes the negative effects of the Clean Power Plan on West Virginia and coal states.

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