Hoeven: EPA Repeals Two Overreaching Biden-Era Regulations that Threatened Coal Industry, Grid Reliability

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed rules repealing two overreaching Biden-era regulations that threatened the reliability of the electrical grid and sought to force the premature closure of the nation’s coal-fired power plants, including:
Earlier this year, Hoeven joined President Trump as hesigned executive ordersto initiate the process of repealing these and other harmful regulations imposed by the Biden administration. The senator also recentlyadvanced these prioritieswith EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at a hearing of the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee.
“Today’s action by the EPA is a win for U.S. energy dominance and supports continued access to the affordable and reliable baseload power provided by coal,” said Hoeven. “When imposing the Clean Power Plan 2.0 and MATS rules, the Biden administration acted in defiance of prior decisions from the Supreme Court, which outlined that such regulations fall far outside of the legal authority provided to the EPA by Congress. That’s why we continually pushed back on these federal overreaches, and we appreciate the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin for working with us to repeal these harmful rules.”
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