KRS 224.20-140: Legislative findings and declarations concerning the adoption of carbon

dioxide emission reduction performance standards for electric generating

units.

The Kentucky General Assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(1) The United States Environmenta l Protection Agency intends to adopt guidelines to

reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel -fired electric generating

units under 42 U.S.C. sec. 7411(d);

(2) The United States Congress charges states, rather than the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, with establishing standards of performance

under 42 U.S.C. sec. 7411(d) for existing stationary sources, including fossil fuel -

fired electric generating units, as a means of furthering the scheme of cooperative

federalism under the federal Clean Air Act and with ensuring that the states have

the primary role in managing their own economic and environmental resources; and

(3) Providing reliable and affordable electricity through using various energy

feedstocks for electric generation , including coal, natural gas, nuclear, and

renewable resources, as well as using energy efficiently will provide economic and

environmental benefits for the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.