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On the recordMay 4, 2015
This proposal is legally unsound, and comes with a $479 billion compliance cost, will result in double digit electricity price increases in 43 States and has negligible environmental benefits.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Criticism of the Clean Power Plan's financial and environmental implications.

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