Collective State Comments on Proposed Repeal and Replacement of the Clean Power Plan

Leaders of environmental and energy agencies from a bipartisan group of states have repeatedly opposed the Trump Administration’s efforts to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan and called for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a program that will meaningfully reduce carbon emissions from the power sector, as required by the Clean Air Act.

The Clean Power Plan (CPP), issued under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, established a national rule to reduce carbon emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants, and was a key part of the Obama Administration’s strategy for meeting the U.S. commitment under the 2015 Paris Agreement. 

States governed by leaders of both parties have consistently affirmed their support for the Clean Power Plan since the Trump Administration announced its intention to repeal and replace the CPP in the fall of 2017. Below are the joint statements and individual comments from state leaders regarding this effort. The joint statements were facilitated by the Georgetown Climate Center.

Joint Statements from States Opposing the Repeal and Replacement of the Clean Power Plan

• 12 States Encourage EPA to Implement a Meaningful Federal Program to Reduce GHG Emissions (February 26, 2018)

• Bipartisan Group of 13 States Urges EPA Not to Repeal the Clean Power Plan (April 17, 2018)

• Agency Leaders For 14 States Oppose Trump Administration's Clean Power Plan Replacement (August 21, 2018)

• 14 States Submit Joint Comments Opposing Clean Power Plan Replacement (October 31, 2018)

 

Additional comments from state leadership on the proposed CPP Repeal:

• California Air Resources Board
• Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
• Maryland Department of the Environment
• Maryland Attorney General
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Department of Commerce
• North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
• New York State Public Service Commission, Department of Environmental Conservation, and Energy Research and Development Authority
• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• Washington Department of Ecology and Department of Commerce
• State Attorneys General from New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota (through the MPCA), New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, and the District of Columbia

Additional comments from state leadership on the ANPRM:

• California Air Resources Board
• Colorado Department of Health and Environment
• Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Department of Commerce
• North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• Washington Department of Ecology
• State Attorneys General from New York, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota [through the MPCA), New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, and the District of Columbia