Energy Industry Warns of ‘Irreparable Harm’ to Grid From EPA’s New Emissions Rule

DC Journal cited CEI’s experts on EPA’s New Emissions Rule

“There’s just no way that the numbers work,” said Paige Lambermont, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in the Center for Energy and Environment.

The timing of the rule is not a coincidence, Lambermont said. It runs parallel with recent pushes to mandate the transition to all-electric vehicles in California, the complete electrification of the power grid, and even efforts to replace gas stoves with electric cooktops.

“Renewables get so much more air space so people forget just how much of our electric grid is based on coal and natural gas,” she said. “It’s a massive chunk, and if you phase out coal and natural gas, what comes online to replace that will be less reliable and more expensive.”

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