Under President Barack Obama's administration, the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated the Clean Power Plan on Oct. 23, 2015. The Clean Power Plan required states to regulate existing coal-fired power plants in a manner that effectively shuts some down in favor of lower-emission fuel sources such as natural gas, wind, and solar (80 Fed. Reg. 64661-964). Soon after 27 states sued the EPA over the rule, the Supreme Court issued a stay of the Clean Power Plan on Feb. 9, 2016, which remains in place today in State of West Virginia v. EPA. That case is held in abeyance. President Donald Trump's administration has drafted a proposed rule to address the Clean Power Plan. The Trump administration intends to "suspend, revise, or rescind" any regulation, including the power plant standards, that "unduly burdens the development of U.S. energy resources" (82 Fed. Reg. 16329-16331; see also March 28 Exec. Order No. 13783).
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