{"id":329656,"date":"2024-05-22T14:48:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=329656"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:48:34","slug":"massive-utility-trade-group-reportedly-taking-biden-admin-to-court-over-green-power-plant-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=329656","title":{"rendered":"Massive Utility Trade Group Reportedly Taking Biden Admin To Court Over Green Power Plant Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By NICK POPE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A massive trade group for utility companies is reportedly poised to sue the Biden administration over one of its most ambitious climate policies, according to E&E News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) \u2014 a trade group that represents all investor-owned utility companies in the U.S. \u2014 will soon file a legal challenge against the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) recently-finalized\u00a0regulations<\/a>\u00a0for power plants,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to E&E News, which cited four unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. The trade association did not sue the Obama administration when it promulgated its similar and\u00a0since-overruled<\/a>\u00a0Clean Power Plan, but it is now taking a more confrontational posture to battle the Biden administration\u2019s power plant rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EPA finalized the regulations in question in April; the rules effectively require existing coal-fired plants and new natural gas plants to use costly carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to control 90% of emissions by 2032 if plant operators want to keep the covered facilities online past 2039,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to the agency. EEI reportedly plans to angle its lawsuit around the EPA\u2019s reliance on CCS to meet emissions reductions targets, according to E&E News.\u00a0(RELATED: \u2018The Swamp Is Getting Deeper\u2019: EPA Awards Billions From Biden\u2019s Landmark Climate Bill To Orgs Loaded With Dem Insiders)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A spokesperson for EEI indicated that a decision about a lawsuit has not yet been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEEI and our member companies continue our efforts to evaluate EPA\u2019s final power plant rules and their impact on electricity customers,\u201d a spokesperson for EEI told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cWe take all potential litigation decisions seriously and are still considering our options.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics of the EPA\u2019s power plant regulations \u2014 a group that includes<\/a> some Biden administration officials \u2014 have pointed out that CCS is not close to ready to play the major role in the U.S. power grid that the agency envisions. Technologically, CCS is still in its early stages and not yet energy efficient, according<\/a> to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, while other challenges, such as a major permitting backlog, persist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile we appreciate and support EPA\u2019s work to develop a clear, continued path for the transition to cleaner resources, we are disappointed that the agency did not address the concerns we raised about carbon capture and storage,\u201d EEI President and CEO Dan Brouillette\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0of the final regulations when they were made public in late April. \u201cCCS is not yet ready for full-scale, economy-wide deployment, nor is there sufficient time to permit, finance, and build the CCS infrastructure needed for compliance by 2032.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EEI officials reportedly made the decision to sue on Thursday, but the organization has yet to formally announce that it is taking the federal government to court. More than two dozen Republican state attorneys general have already filed<\/a> their own lawsuit against the rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The administration has hailed the rules as a major step toward decarbonizing the American power grid and wider economy in the coming decades, both of which are key goals of the Biden administration\u2019s sweeping climate agenda. The agency has expressed confidence that the rules will be able to withstand incoming legal challenges and will not impact grid reliability when enacted, but power grid experts previously told<\/a> the DCNF that the new policies are probably beyond the agency\u2019s statutory authority and also likely to diminish grid reliability in the long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EPA declined to comment, citing its policy of not weighing in on pending litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: This article has been updated to include comment from EEI.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0<\/em>licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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