Central ND News

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven expressed his concerns regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final regulations on the nation's power sector, particularly the new Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) rule impacting coal-fired electric power plants.

Hoeven criticized the Biden administration for reviving the MATS rule, stating, "President Biden and his administration continue to take the wrong approach to energy development in the U.S., handcuffing our producers with unworkable regulations and raising costs for consumers." He emphasized the importance of reliable and affordable baseload power provided by coal-fired power plants, highlighting the need to prevent unnecessary regulations that could jeopardize the nation's electric grid.

"We need reliable and affordable baseload power provided by coal-fired power plants. That’s why we are leading legislation to stop this new MATS rule and prevent the Biden administration from imposing these unnecessary regulations that threaten the reliability and affordability of our nation’s electric grid," Hoeven reiterated.

Furthermore, Hoeven emphasized the importance of balancing energy development with environmental stewardship, stating, "At the same time, we continue to advance new technology and innovations that allow us to utilize all of our nation’s abundant energy resources with good environmental stewardship, including our coal, oil, and gas reserves."

Hoeven, along with his colleagues, is actively working to stop the unnecessary regulations imposed by the Biden administration on the power sector, aiming to maintain reliability and affordability for consumers.