Lawmakers Attack EPA's Clean Power Plan, Saying it Threatens Electric Grid Reliability

摘要

House Republicans attacked the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan during an oversight hearing, saying it would harm the reliability of the electric grid and could lead to higher costs for consumers. Their comments at the Dec. 1 hearing coincided with international talks in Paris toward a climate agreement. Later in the day, the Republican-controlled House voted by large majorities for resolutions that would nullify the carbon rules for power plants, the Obama administration's key effort to reduce planet-warming emissions (see related story).