In a bid to avoid the small business disaster that is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi joined 16 other states in August who are asking a federal judge to block the regulatory program.
“We will not step aside while the EPA, through heavy-handed federal overreach, threatens to upend a system that the EPA has approved multiple times and has provided a consistent, reliable framework to safely provide electricity to millions of Floridians across the state; furthermore, the agency’s action could result in higher utility bills for Florida consumers,” Bondi said in an August statement.
The Clean Power Plan requires states to reduce their production of coal energy by 30 percent in the next 15 years from 2005 levels. NFIB strongly opposes the rule.
“Higher electric bills eat away at small business profitability because they increase operating expenses,” said NFIB President and CEO Dan Danner. “There’s also a very serious risk that alternative energy sources won’t be able to meet demand. That could cause periodic power shortages and sudden price spikes, both of which would be very damaging to businesses that need reliable power.”
Here’s a copy of the petition.
