Industry Wary Of EPA’s Proposal To Scrap All Power Plant GHG Authority

August 13, 2025
Utility and other industry groups are expressing unease or avoiding a direct position on EPA’s primary proposal to remove the agency’s threshold authority to regulate power plants’ greenhouse gases, with most groups focusing their advocacy on supporting the agency’s “alternate” plan that rolls back Biden-era rules but retains the regulatory authority. Industry is “concerned about maintaining EPA’s ultimate authority to do something about climate, rather than determining that there’s just no authority [for the agency] to do anything,” says one...


Not a subscriber? Request 30 days free access to exclusive environmental policy reporting.