Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown backs GOP plan to overturn latest clean power plant rules

Sherrod Brown speaks at Intel groundbreaking in New Albany, Ohio.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility in New Albany, Ohio, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)AP

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown announced Wednesday that he’ll back a congressional drive to overturn a clean power plan that the Biden Administration announced in April.

Brown said the final regulations would be particularly harmful to Ohio’s rural electric cooperatives, saying they rely on promising but currently unproven and unavailable pollution control technologies. Coupled with unachievable compliance timelines that could cost union jobs, he believes they will hurt rural electric co-ops, and raise energy costs for Ohioans.

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