Utilities Push Narrow CPP Replacement As Pruitt Seeks To Avoid 'Vacuum'

A utility group is urging EPA to develop a replacement for the Clean Power Plan (CPP) greenhouse gas rule, with new, scaled-back targets based on actions taken “inside the fence” of regulated power plants -- an approach that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says he is strongly considering. The power sector proposal, floated during a recent meeting with White House and EPA officials on the agency's plan to rescind the Obama-era CPP, underscores the sector's desire for a narrow regulation that...