Top Republicans raise alarm on Biden's power plant regs: 'Growing risks to electric reliability'
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Top Republicans on the Senate panels overseeing energy and environment issues are warning that President Biden's power plant crackdown could accelerate grid issues.
"The already-strong pressure for premature retirements of electric generating units coupled with the rising risks to electric reliability require you to convene representatives of entities subject to your jurisdiction and other interested parties in order to develop a record on the potential impact of the Clean Power Plan 2.0," Barrasso and Capito wrote. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"Without such a record, FERC’s consultations with EPA are likely to be ineffective," they continued. "EPA clearly lacks the expertise to project accurately the impact of its rulemaking on electric reliability without deeply informed and engaged participation from FERC and those subject to its jurisdiction that are charged with the obligation to generate and deliver electricity in order to meet continuous demand for electric service."
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