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Partial Repeal of the Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units

US Federal Register · article · Sep 17, 2026 · UTC

In this final rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is repealing most provisions of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs) based on a reevaluation of the best system of emission reduction for the relevant subcategories. Specifically, the EPA is repealing the emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired steam generating units, the carbon capture and sequestration/storage (CCS)-based standards for coal-fired steam generating units undertaking a large modification, and the CCS-based standa

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First collected: 2026-09-19T20:26:32.566Z. This is not the publication date.