S.C. joins states suing EPA over proposed coal plant emission limits

Staff Report 
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Published Aug. 6, 2014

Under the proposed rule, South Carolina would have to reduce its emissions rate by 51.4% by 2030. In 2012, South Carolina’s emission rate for the state’s power sector was 1,587 pounds per megawatt. The EPA proposes that the state reduce that to 772 pounds per MW.