Rounds Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Provide Affordable, Reliable Energy to South Dakotans

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U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing legislation that will be the principal legislative vehicle in the Senate to rollback President Obama's "Clean Power Plan."

"As proposed, EPA's Clean Power Plan would result in higher electricity rates, fewer jobs and uncertainty surrounding the reliability of the electric grid - with little environmental benefit, said Rounds. "It threatens the livelihood of South Dakota's only coal-fired plant at Big Stone, which is already in the middle of a $400 million compliance upgrade. Our legislation would give states much-needed flexibility and additional time to comply with this proposal and protect taxpayers from paying the burden through higher electric bills."

A bipartisan group of six senators, led by Sen. Shelly Moore-Capito (R-W. Va.) joined Rounds at a press conference this afternoon to unveil The Affordable Reliable Energy Now Act (ARENA), which will provide reliable and affordable energy, put jobs and our economy first and curb federal overreach.

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