On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that new regulations on coal power from the EPA are taking power off the grid at the same time that demand for electricity is increasing.
Host Brian Sullivan asked, “We’re going to need 25-50% more electricity generation to meet our AI and datacenter goals at the minimum in probably 7-10 years. We’re building out solar, we’re building out wind, we’re building out battery storage. That’s great. But these new EPA rules that are at least in place or being discussed would require 90% of the nasty emissions from coal to be captured. I’m sure the coal industry will say, we can’t do that or it would be prohibitively expensive. Are you worried that we’re going to lose power generation at a time that we need more power generation?”
Manchin answered, “Well, not only am I worried about…
