The top U.S. utility lobby group intends to push back on the Biden administration's proposals requiring upgrades to existing natural gas-fired power plants to curb climate-warming emissions, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Resistance from the Edison Electric Institute , which represents investor-owned utilities that serve 250 million people, to the proposal could pose a problem for U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to decarbonize the country's power sector by 2035 - a critical pillar of his climate change agenda.
The EPA's plan would require large existing natural gas-fired plants that run at least 50% of the time to install carbon capture by 2035 or co-fire with 30% hydrogen by 2032.EEI said it was still finalizing its comments on the proposed rule and would not provide specifics. Areas of concern include regulations that would mandate a timeline for deploying carbon capture and storage systems to suck up carbon emissions, according to a source briefed on EEI's draft comments.
It also said retrofitting those plants for CCS would be "difficult" due to space constraints and other limitations.
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