House Passes Bill to Stop EPA’s Pending CO2 Regulation from Shutting Down More Michigan Power Plants and Increasing Electricity Rates

U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) issued the following statement after House passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 (H.R. 2042), legislation that would delay implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed plan to force mandatory carbon dioxide (CO2) standards on state electricity systems and allow states to opt out entirely if the standards would increase rates for consumers and/or would jeopardize reliability