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 difficulty completely different approach by requiring plants to eliminate discharges altogether. which would meet stranding those investments that were made in 2020. At the end of 2025, you finalized a rule that extended compliance periods for 20, the 20 and 2024 ELG rules and provided a pathway for the coal plants to come into compliance. (00:53–01:00)
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Asserts that the Biden rule required power plants to eliminate discharges entirely.
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