WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration’s Clean Power Plan 2.0 rule.

The rule requires existing coal generation plants to shut down unless plants install commercially-unavailable carbon capture equipment. Similarly, it forces new natural gas generation to operate at diminished capacity unless they install commercially-unavailable carbon capture equipment. An additional rulemaking for existing natural gas generating facilities is forthcoming. 

“The Biden administration has been infiltrated by radical environmentalists and has outsourced its policy making decisions to them versus the engineers running the grid,” said Cramer. “The Clean Power Plan 2.0 rule is fundamentally impractical, unworkable, and discriminatory against the very fossil fuels which power the country. Our grid cannot operate off of solar and wind alone, as it relies on the coal and natural gas liberals love to demonize. The intended goal of these rules is obvious: to regulate North Dakota’s fossil fuel industries out of existence at the expense of American consumers and reliable power generation. Our CRA resolution will rightly overturn this illegal, burdensome rule and ensure we have dependable, affordable power.”

Cosponsors include U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Braun (R-IN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN).

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