Governor Mike Pence says the state of Indiana will NOT comply with an EPA plan that he calls a “federal overreach.”
The “Clean Power Plan” would require Indiana to reduce carbon emissions from coal-burning power plants 20 percent by 2030.
Pence says the plan will increase electricity costs for Hoosiers and hurt economic growth.
He also says the state is improving its air and water quality. Pence signed an energy efficiency plan this year that would allow major utility companies to develop their own efficiency programs and charge customers to implement them.
At least one environmentalist called the plan “worse than doing nothing.”
The governor spoke to WNIN after addressing a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Evansville.