• Home
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Co-ops Vote

Sunflower Electric Power Corporation

Energy Done Right!

  • About Us
  • Learn About
  • Power Supply
  • Community
  • News

New executive order calls for review of the Clean Power Plan

Throughout the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump pledged to review burdensome federal regulations when he became president. On March 28, President Trump took an important step to follow through on that commitment by signing an executive order to promote energy independence. The order also calls for review of the Clean Power Plan.

“Electric co-ops have two key missions—providing electricity and other services to more than 42 million consumers and empowering the communities they serve,” said Jim Matheson, chief executive officer at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the national service organization for the nation’s more than 900 electric co-ops. “The Clean Power Plan jeopardizes co-ops’ ability to accomplish both.”

“If implemented, the plan would hit many of our electric cooperatives extremely hard by forcing them to prematurely shut down existing power plants. Those co-ops would in essence be charged twice for their electricity—once to continue paying down the loans on the closed power plants and again for the cost of purchasing replacement power,” he said.

Co-ops were so concerned about the economic impacts of the Clean Power Plan that they petitioned the courts to review and reject the regulation. The Supreme Court sided with co-ops and imposed a stay of the rule—essentially freezing its implementation. This pause created the Trump administration’s opportunity to review the rule.

Electric co-ops put the interests of their members first when deciding how to best meet their energy needs. The Trump executive order allows co-ops to continue reducing their carbon footprint while keeping traditional energy resources in the mix. This is critical as co-ops work to preserve both the reliability and affordability of electricity.

It will take the Trump administration a long time to navigate the maze of administrative, regulatory and legal procedures necessary to review the Clean Power Plan. In the meantime, electric co-ops will keep doing what they do best—delivering a consumer-focused energy future that empowers cooperative members and their communities.

 

originally posted by NRECA

April 6, 2017

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
About Sunflower
Our Members
Mission Statement
Cooperative Principles
Culture TRAITS
Leadership Program
Learn About
Electricity 101
Glossary
Video Gallery
System Backbone Project
Johnson Corner Solar Project
Power Supply 
Facility Summary
Gas-Fired Units
Holcomb Station
Coal Supply
Wind Generation
How Wind Works
Transmission System
Community
Kansas ElectroRally
Co-Op Connections Card
Environmental Stewardship
Environmental Control Technology
Economic Development
Sites and Buildings
News
Sunflower News
Industry News
Newsletter Archive
Annual Report
Press Room
Newsletter Signup
Careers
Contact Us

Copyright © 2023 • Sunflower Electric Power Corporation • 785-628-2845 • 301 West 13th Street, Hays, KS • Powered by MSI Digital • Log in