OH SR296

Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw proposed regulations governing greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas-fired power plants

Contends the proposed regulations require unachievable timelines that will force coal plants to shut down by 2035 and jeopardize natural gas plant viability

Argues the regulations mandate adoption of technologies like clean hydrogen and carbon capture that are not commercially available and lack adequate demonstration as required by the Clean Air Act

Claims the regulations exceed EPA's authority, violate the "major questions doctrine" established by recent Supreme Court rulings, and are inconsistent with Section 111 of the federal Clean Air Act

Urges Congress to enact legislation preventing the EPA from adopting the proposed regulations and directs the Ohio Senate Clerk to transmit copies to federal and state officials and Ohio news media