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Jeff Brady

MYSTERIOUS: Utility group calls for changes to proposed epa climate rules - What They Never Told You

The Jim Bridger coal plant in Point of Rocks, Wyo., powers more than a million homes across six Western states. Under proposed federal rules many coal plants would have to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions in coming years. (Julia Simon/NPR)

A key trade group representing most of the country's for-profit electric utilities is asking for big changes to a central piece of the Biden Administration's climate policy.

The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities, said in formal comments Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants are too strict, and said power plant owners need more flexibility, including more time to install pollution controls. The EEI also questioned the viability of two technologies the agency relies on to justify the rules.

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