The EPA is set to repeal federal carbon pollution standards for coal and gas power plants. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin is expected to announce the measure in Houston while meeting G20 energy ministers. The move continues the administration's rollback of greenhouse gas regulations and comes after the hottest July on record in the United States. For power sector watchers, the repeal removes a federal backstop on emissions from two of the largest sources of U.S. carbon output. That shifts attention to state-level rules, regional carbon markets, and utility planning decisions already made under the old standards. The article does not specify what, if anything, will replace the federal limits, which leaves a key question open for anyone tracking compliance and carbon prices.
