CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia endorses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to roll back stiff regulations on the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from fossil-fuel electricity plants.

The repeal of the standards is “a welcome recognition by the EPA of its past missteps and errors,” PSC Chairman Charlotte R. Lane said in a 15-page letter sent to EPA Administrator Lee M. Zeldin.

“The present EPA carbon rule for existing power plants would, if it remains in effect, severely cripple the reliability and resilience of the electric power grid,” Lane wrote.

The Commission supports repeal of a 2015 rule regarding limits on carbon emission from fossil-fuel plants; a 2024 rule on carbon capture and sequestrations on new or reconstruct

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