Democrats Seek To Curb High-Emitting ‘Peaker’ Plants In Reconciliation Bill

House Democrats are seeking to include measures to address high-emitting “peaker” power plants in the package of environmental and other measures they include in any budget reconciliation legislation lawmakers are poised to write in the coming weeks, arguing such measures are needed to limit harmful exposures in overburdened communities. Speaking on an Aug. 26 roundtable in Astoria, NY, Democratic members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee spoke out on the dangers to health caused by peaking plants, which are...