The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sept. 14 repealed most Biden-era carbon emissions standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants and proposed eliminating remaining federal greenhouse gas requirements for the power sector.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the actions during a meeting of G20 energy ministers in Houston. The Biden-era standards required certain coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions, including through carbon capture and storage technology. Carbon capture and storage involves capturing carbon dioxide before it enters the atmosphere and storing it underground.
The EPA said the proposed repeal of the remaining standards would save the power industry $370 million in compliance costs over 20 years. Zeldin said the changes would make it easier to build generating capacity as electricity demand increases. Zeldin said, "That means cutting red tape so we can build new power-generating infrastructure."
