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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last Friday issued its highly-anticipated proposal to limit carbon emissions from new power plants. The new regulations would effectively require new coal plants to use carbon capture and storage technology which is not yet commercially viable.

Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05), chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, issued the following statement:

“Once again President Obama is going around Congress and ignoring the will of the American people. This time, he is using the EPA to impose an extreme environmental agenda on our nation’s power plants. These new regulations will do great harm to America’s middle class.

“These regulations will dramatically increase the cost of electricity. These higher costs will cut into the bottom lines of all businesses, large and small. This will lead to job lay-offs at a time when millions of Americans are already unemployed, or working part-time. These regulations will lead to higher utility bills for middle class families already struggling to make ends meet each month, and higher manufacturing costs which will be passed on to consumers.

“I will continue to fight EPA overreach, to protect reliable, affordable energy and the good-paying jobs that coal-fired power plants provide across the country”– Doug Lamborn (CO-05)

Note: Lamborn voted for a House-passed bill, the Energy Consumers Relief Act, which would require the EPA to be transparent when proposing and issuing energy-related regulations with an economic impact of $1 billion or more.