By mid-December, the EPA is planning to enact the Utility MACT rule, which would place unnecessary burden on America’s economic recovery. This week, Behind the Plug will feature five facts about the Utility MACT rule that show the EPA needs to slow down and assess these regulations before they’re enacted. You can take a stand on Utility MACT. Write your legislator here.
Not only is the proposed Utility MACT rule the most expensive regulation for coal-based plants ever. And not only has the EPA ignored current investments in clean coal technologies. 
The EPA has stated that the agency did not consider job losses due to higher energy prices caused by the Utility MACT rule. The EPA admits that it doesn’t fully understand the effects of this rule.
Together with three other rules, these regulations could cause thousands of jobs to be lost in the United States.
According to a study by the National Economic Research Associates, higher energy prices from this rule would cause substantial job losses—on average, 183,000 jobs would be lost per year from 2012-2020. Even accounting for job created in some sectors, that’s a total of 1.65 million jobs lost nationwide by 2020.
The EPA simply ignored this during their analysis. We need to make sure the EPA knows the full impact of these regulations before they’re enacted, and the economic impact they’ll have on the United States.
Take a stand on Utility MACT, write your elected official.
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