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Source: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, 9/19/12
The committee is set to begin debate on Thursday and a vote is scheduled for Friday.
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 10:00am
Energy and Power
2322 Rayburn
Background Documents and Information:
The hearing will discuss EPA’s proposed New Source Performance Standards for power plants, which would require new coal-fired power plants to install costly carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology that is not yet commercially viable. The result of such stringent new standards is a de facto ban on the construction of any new coal-fired power plants. To prevent American coal plants from becoming extinct, Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) has introduced a bill, H.R. 6172, to prohibit EPA from finalizing any rule imposing emissions standards from power plants unless and until CCS is proven to be technologically and economically feasible.
This hearing follows previous subcommittee hearings discussing the impact of EPA’s proposed NSPS standards on jobs, the economy, and consumers.
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