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Obama’s EPA Cited This Clean Coal Project To Justify Climate Rules, Now It’s Been Shelved
"A Mississippi power plant announced Wednesday it would not use the federally-funded technology the Obama administration used to justify implementing a “Climate Action Plan” making it hard to build new coal-fired power plants.
Southern Company and Mississippi Power announced the Kemper power plant would be not using its carbon capture and storage (CCS) system to generate electricity. The plant will continue to only use natural gas, but not the federally-funded technology the Obama administration argued would be the future of coal power.
“We are committed to ensuring the ongoing focus and safety of employees while we consider the future of the project, including any possible actions that may be taken by the Commission,” Southern Company CEO Thomas Fanning said in a statement.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited the Kemper power plant and its CCS system as justification for a 2015 rule that effectively banned the construction of new coal-fired power plants unless they used CCS.
EPA also cited two CCS plants planned in Texas and California. The agency pointed to a Canadian government-backed project, which eventually became the world’s first commercial-scale CCS plant.
Critics said EPA’s citing of Kemper to impose a de facto ban on coal plants was not only illegal, but technically and economically problematic. Kemper was one of several projects EPA cited that had gotten federal grants, loans and tax credits."
The plant was also plagued by cost overruns and delays. The $7.5 billion CCS plant came in $4 billion over budget and was supposed to begin operating in 2016."
He may be gone, but his agenda and policies continue to fail....his 'legacy' continues to be erased.
"A Mississippi power plant announced Wednesday it would not use the federally-funded technology the Obama administration used to justify implementing a “Climate Action Plan” making it hard to build new coal-fired power plants.
Southern Company and Mississippi Power announced the Kemper power plant would be not using its carbon capture and storage (CCS) system to generate electricity. The plant will continue to only use natural gas, but not the federally-funded technology the Obama administration argued would be the future of coal power.
“We are committed to ensuring the ongoing focus and safety of employees while we consider the future of the project, including any possible actions that may be taken by the Commission,” Southern Company CEO Thomas Fanning said in a statement.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited the Kemper power plant and its CCS system as justification for a 2015 rule that effectively banned the construction of new coal-fired power plants unless they used CCS.
EPA also cited two CCS plants planned in Texas and California. The agency pointed to a Canadian government-backed project, which eventually became the world’s first commercial-scale CCS plant.
Critics said EPA’s citing of Kemper to impose a de facto ban on coal plants was not only illegal, but technically and economically problematic. Kemper was one of several projects EPA cited that had gotten federal grants, loans and tax credits."
The plant was also plagued by cost overruns and delays. The $7.5 billion CCS plant came in $4 billion over budget and was supposed to begin operating in 2016."
He may be gone, but his agenda and policies continue to fail....his 'legacy' continues to be erased.
