Shelley Moore Capito: “Many of the plants made those investments in dollars with…”

“The 2024 rule was very egregious to try to eliminate coal from our nation's energy energy mix because it came on the heels of a regulation that said ELG for the same power plants in 2020. And Many of the plants made those investments in dollars with the 2020 standard that required water discharged would meet drinking water standards. only to have those requirements shift a few years later. The Biden rule took a completely different approach by requiring plants to eliminate discharges altogether which would meet stranding those investments that were made in 2020.” (00:34–00:45)

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