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October 17, 2024
CONTACT: Michael Pearlman, Communications Director
Governor Gordon Responds to Supreme Court Denial of Emergency Stay of Clean Power Plan 2.0 Rule
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has responded to an announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to issue an emergency stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan 2.0 rule. In May, Wyoming and 23 other states challenged the power plant regulations, which target Wyoming’s coal and natural-gas fired power plants.
In the Court’s order, Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Gorsuch stated, “the applicants have shown a strong likelihood of success on the merits as to at least some of their challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule.”
“While it’s disappointing the Supreme Court declined to immediately halt this overly expansive and unlawful rulemaking that directly attacks Wyoming’s core energy industries, be assured we will continue to pursue this critical litigation in the federal courts,” Governor Gordon said.
“Regrettably, our utilities are still required to assume the regulations will be in effect until the lower courts rule, only increasing the uncertainty of their future. We can hope the musings of the two justices who recognized the merits of our case will hold sway in a timely positive resolution of this challenge," the Governor added.
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