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The power grid will become even more vulnerable if the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions rules are enacted, some energy experts maintain. The power grid will weaken as a result of the new EPA gas emissions standards and prompt blackouts, if predictions about the electrical grid are accurate.
The EPA is pushing for carbon dioxide emissions from energy plants to generate 30 percent less greenhouse gas by 2030 than the level set forth in rules passed in 2005. The Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly received millions of complaints about the proposed energy plant emissions standards and power grid worries since the Clean Power Plan was released.
Click here to read more about the power grid vulnerabilities courtesy of the greenhouse gas emissions proposed regulations.