Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bill to Challenge Federal Carbon Regulation
A measure aimed at wresting carbon emissions control away from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and keeping it with the state has passed both houses in Oklahoma and now heads to the governor’s desk.
The bill states that compliance strategies to meet federal carbon mandates must “consider the lowest reasonable energy costs for Oklahoma energy consumers while maintaining electric grid reliability and the delivery of reliable energy to consumers.”
Sen. Greg Treat (R), who sponsored the bill, said in a statement that “most states believe that EPA is attempting to use the Clean Power Plan to take control over their electric power system.” Treat said the the Clean Power Plan “will increase electricity prices in Oklahoma by 18% to 22% and the Southwest Power Pool warned that the Clean Power Plan is a threat to electric reliability,” according to Tulsa World,.
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