GOP States, Industry Urge Broad Repeal Of Power Plant ELG Amid Delays

November 14, 2025
Republican states and power industry groups are urging EPA to broadly repeal the Biden-era effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) for power plants following the agency’s current proposal to extend compliance deadlines associated with that rule, while also calling for further revisions to the delay rule. A coalition of 25 GOP state attorneys general (AGs) filed Nov. 3 comments on EPA’s proposed rule that would extend compliance deadlines in the Biden EPA’s ELG rule for the steam electric generating category, arguing that...


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