Florida Objects to What It Says Are Restrictive Federal Power Plant Goals

Florida’s environmental regulators object to proposed federal EPA regulations for power plants. They say the plans will endanger the public, rely on technology not yet proven or sufficiently available, and are being forced on the public too quickly.

A driver charges his electric vehicle at a charging station in Monterey Park, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Florida is asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject proposed new standards for fossil fuel power plants, saying they are part of unworkable efforts to remake America’s power grid and endanger the public.

“The EPA relies on a ‘hydrogen economy’ that does not currently exist to expedite the ’transition' of the nation’s power grid through unfounded technologies,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said in comments to EPA regulations proposed on May 23.