1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

I am writing as your constituent regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s September 14 repeal of federal greenhouse gas standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants—taking effect November 16—and its supplemental proposal to erase remaining baseload air rules. A transparent, data-driven cost-benefit analysis is vital before enacting sweeping regulatory changes. Instead, this repeal relies on inflated economic benefits while intentionally hiding three critical realities: - The Math Doesn't Add Up: The EPA claims the repeal will generate $310 billion in compliance savings. However, the center-right American Action Forum noted that this figure represents a massive ten-fold jump from the EPA's own earlier estimates of just $9.6 to $19 billion. - Hiding the Taxpayer Burden: The final analysis leaves the health side of the ledger completely blank. In a preliminary 2025 analysis, the EPA estimated that repealing these standards would actually add $76 billion to $130 billion in direct health costs between 2026 and 2047 due to increased soot and ground-level ozone. - Ignoring Human Lives: The agency’s 2024 analysis showed the original standards would prevent 1,200 premature deaths and 360,000 severe asthma attacks in 2035 alone—a massive human toll that the current repeal entirely conceals. Grid reliability and electricity costs are critical issues as data center demand grows. But Congress cannot conduct meaningful Article I oversight when an executive agency publishes compliance savings while concealing the financial and human costs of public exposure to toxic air pollution. I urge you to take immediate legislative and oversight action: 1. Mandate Full EPA Accounting: Demand in writing that the EPA publish a fully quantified health-impact cost analysis for the final rule and explain why direct savings estimates jumped from $9.6 billion to $310 billion. 2. Convene Oversight Hearings: Hold hearings before the Energy, Environment, and Commerce Committees with EPA officials testifying under oath regarding the reliability, health, and cost-benefit methodologies used. 3. Submit Formal Supplemental Comments: Submit official congressional comments to the EPA by the November 2 deadline opposing the supplemental proposal to repeal remaining Clean Air Act Section 111 standards without complete cost benefit disclosures. 4. Enact Health Monetization Mandates: Support legislation requiring federal agencies to monetize all public health impacts alongside direct industry compliance costs whenever revising or repealing environmental protections. Congress cannot evaluate a trade for $310 billion in theoretical savings when the agency refuses to report what the repeal costs in dollars and lives.