No thanks EPA, we want reliability
Thomas W. Howard, CEO/General Manager
The future of reliable and affordable electricity is at risk. On April 25, 2024, the EPA released its long-anticipated final rules aimed at existing coal and new natural gas power plants. In a nutshell, this rule will force the very power plants that provide your homes and businesses with electricity to close. It will also make it difficult and expensive to build new generation to replace these closed plants.
The EPA wants electricity production to become a carbon-free power sector by 2035 - meaning the elimination of all electric produced by coal or natural gas. Our power supplier, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc, generates electricity for members in Missouri, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Iowa by a host of different sources. A mix of coal, natural gas, wind and hydro all play a role in working together to keep your lights on every time you flip that switch.
We have watched other states shut down coal and natural gas plants without having an alternative and reliable baseload of electricity. As you can imagine, when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing, there simply is no electricity.
The nation’s grid watchdog, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), recently forecasted that over the next five years, all or parts of 19 states are at high risk of rolling blackouts during normal conditions. The EPA’s final rule will only make energy reliability worse, not better.
Congress needs to know this and help keep Missouri’s lights on. The White House has the power to stop this rule, but we need your help! Visit 4energyreliability.com to send a letter to your representatives in Washington, D.C., asking them to stop the EPA from harming your family and community. A quick visit to the website to complete some simple steps is all that is needed to send your letter. I did it in a few short minutes and challenge you to do the same.
Join Mr. Howard in telling the White House to stop the EPA Power Plant Rule. Visit https://4energyreliability.com to learn more.