Attorney General Alan Wilson continues fight against government overreach and for affordable electricity

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined two letters to the Environmental Protection Agency to fight against government overreach and to keep coal-fired power plants from being shut down, which would drive up energy costs.

In the first letter, 23 state attorneys general write to support the EPA’s proposal to get rid of most of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which was put in place by the Obama administration in 2009. The attorneys general argue that the mandates of the rule exceed the EPA’s authority to require the reporting, and even if it had the authority, the costs of the rule far exceed its purported benefits.

In the second letter, 25 state attorneys general support a proposed extension of the deadline for coal-fired power plants to comply with a Biden-era water pollution rule. It also asks the EPA to rescind the rule outright.

“Throughout the Obama and Biden administrations, we saw unelected bureaucrats overstepping their authority to do things that were costly and destructive, and every time, I fought against them,” Attorney General Wilson said. “The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program has not been proven necessary to support any authorized purpose, and the Biden-era water pollution rules were apparently meant to push coal plants into retirement.”

South Carolina and 21 other states sued to stop the water pollution rule, and that lawsuit is pending.

Joining Attorney General Wilson in the letter about the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program were the attorneys general of North Dakota, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

You can read that letter here.

Joining Attorney General Wilson in the letter on the Biden-era water pollution rules were the attorneys general of West Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.

You can read that letter here.