Sen. Shelley Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., are teaming up to combat the potential shutdown of power plants across the state of West Virginia that would result from new Biden administration regulations on fossil fuel power plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed the closure of mainly coal- and natural gas-fired power plants in their effort to curb nationwide power sector emissions by about 617 million metric tons through 2042.
In order to meet their goal of cutting pollution by about 90% over the next two decades, the plan would require power plants to either adopt carbon capture, a nascent and costly technology, or shut down.
