EPA Administrator Michael Regan faced a heated exchange with Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont), who served as Interior Secretary during the Trump administration, on Capitol Hill to defend his agency’s new power plant standards. Regan testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees EPA, discussing the Biden administration’s budget request for the agency and defending the regulations that have faced resistance from GOP officials and industry groups. Zinke argued that the mercury standard, announced last week, targets America’s electricity producers that would bring power offline, focusing on a coal-fired power plant in Montana.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
