Con Ed Files Court Petition to Challenge Power Plan Repeal
September 16 2019 - 2:28PM
Dow Jones News
By Patrick Thomas
Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED) said on Monday that it and a group
of other utilities have filed a petition to challenge the
Environmental Protection Agency's recent Affordable Clean Energy
rule and its repeal of the Clean Power Plan a year ago.
Con Ed said it believes that the EPA's rollback of the Clean
Power Plan was the wrong approach to combating climate change, and
will undermine the company's own efforts to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
The coalition of utilities includes PG&E Corp. (PCG), Exelon
Corp. (EXC) and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power,
among others. The petition was filed in the District of Columbia
Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Trump administration overturned the Obama-era plan, which
limited power-plant emissions, last year, a move it said was
designed to help coal-burning plants compete with natural gas and
other alternatives as a national energy source. The EPA signed the
Affordable Clean Energy rule in July and said it restored authority
to states. It also required some power plants to adopt newer
technology to remain in operation.
President Trump has long promised to roll back environmental
regulations he considers too restrictive and has been overturning
Obama-era policies aimed at stemming climate change and adopting
rules that could allow older power plants to continue operating.
The administration rescinded an Obama-era policy earlier this month
that expanded federal oversight and the threat of steep fines for
polluting the country's smaller waterways.
Con Ed and other companies in the Power Companies Climate
Coalition cited higher costs to both customers and utility industry
and argued the administration's new rules prohibit the power sector
from using more effective emission reduction measures.
Write to Patrick Thomas at patrick.thomas@wsj.com
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