by Paris Apodaca
The Daily Caller
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed greenhouse gas regulations for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants Monday, setting up another likely legal fight over the federal government’s authority to regulate the power sector under the Clean Air Act.
The rollback would eliminate more than $300 billion in costs for the energy industry and allow utilities to make decisions based on the needs of their ratepayers rather than potentially shuttering aging power plants, according to the EPA. The repeal reverses Biden-era regulations requiring existing coal plants and certain new natural gas plants to capture 90% of their carbon emissions by 2032 if they planned to continue operating past 2039…
The EPA first proposed repealing the power plant greenhouse gas standards on June 11, 2025, arguing at the time that eliminating the regulations would reduce costs and bolster grid reliability.
“Repealing the power plant rule for greenhouse gas emissions is key to the Trump energy agenda,” Steve Milloy, senior legal fellow at the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and former Trump EPA transition team member, told DCNF. “Now, it will have to be defended in court.”…
“If Republicans maintain control of Congress, they should pass a bill that makes it clear that regulating emissions of greenhouse gases is a federal issue for Congress alone to address and that neither EPA nor the states can regulate emissions on their own,” Milloy said.
