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To: From: Sent: Subject: Dravis, Samantha[dravis.samantha@epa.gov] POLITICO Pro Energy Whiteboard Mon 10/9/2017 3:17:43 PM Pruitt to sign Clean Power Plan repeal proposal Tuesday By Alex Guillen 10/09/2017 11:14 AM EDT EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said today he will formally sign a proposal to withdraw the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan on Tuesday in Washington. "That rule really was about picking winners and losers. Regulatory power should not be used by any power to pick winners and losers," Pruitt said an event in Kentucky's coal country with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "The last administration just simply made it up," he continued, referring to the regulation that was designed to curb carbon emissions from power plants. "When you think about the Clean Power Plan, it was not about regulating to make things regular. It was truly about regulating to pick winners and losers." Text obtained by POLITICO on Friday shows EPA will argue that the Clean Power Plan exceeded EPA's regulatory authority by requiring fuel shifting. Pruitt reiterated that point in his remarks today. "They really interpreted that 'best system of emission reduction' as generating electricity in ways that they didn't want to use fossil fuels, so they used authority to do otherwise," he said. To view online'. http s: //www. politicopro, com /energy/whiteboard/2017/10/nruitt-to-sign-clean-power-plan-repealproposal-tomorrow-094065 Was this Pro content helpful? Tell us what you think in one click. Yes, very Somewhat Neutral Not really Not at all You received this POLITICO Pro content because your customized settings include: Energy: Scott Pruitt; Energy: EPA; Energy: Climate Change; Energy: Renewables. To change your alert settings, please go to https://www.politicopro.com/settings This email was sent to dravis.samantha@epa.gov by: POLITICO, LLC 1000 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA, 22209, USA Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00005798-00001