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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 224.20-145.Conditions under which cabinet may propose or submit a plan establishing carbon dioxide emission reduction performance standards for existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units; administrative regulations; conditions under which performance standards plan is a legal nullity

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The cabinet shall not propose or submit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency any plan establishing performance standards for existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units unless the plan is:

(a) Consistent with KRS 224.20-140 to 224.20-146; and

(b) Prepared in consultation with the Kentucky Public Service Commission to ensure that the plan:

1. Minimizes the impacts on current and future industrial, commercial, and residential consumers; and

2. Does not threaten the affordability of Kentucky's rates or the reliability of electricity service.

(2) The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations for the establishment and implementation of any state plan to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units under 42 U.S.C. sec. 7411(d).

(3) Any state plan established by the cabinet to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide pursuant to KRS 224.20-140 to 224.20-146 shall have no legal effect if:

(a) The United States Environmental Protection Agency:

1. Fails to issue federal rules or guidelines for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units under 42 U.S.C. sec. 7411(d); or

2. Withdraws its federal rules or guidelines for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units; or

(b) A court of competent jurisdiction invalidates the United States Environmental Protection Agency's federal rules or guidelines issued to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 224.20-145.Conditions under which cabinet may propose or submit a plan establishing carbon dioxide emission reduction performance standards for existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units; administrative regulations; conditions under which performance standards plan is a legal nullity - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xviii-public-health/ky-rev-st-sect-224-20-145/

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