POPP Act

H.R. 4038, known as the Protect Our Power Plants (POPP) Act, would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing or enforcing specific proposed rules regarding greenhouse gas emissions for fossil fuel-fired power plants. The bill specifically targets regulations that would set stricter carbon emission standards for both new and existing coal and natural gas power plants.

If enacted, the bill would stop the federal government from requiring power plants to adopt certain emission-reduction technologies, such as carbon capture or hydrogen co-firing. For citizens, this could result in the continued operation of existing fossil fuel power plants without the new federal mandates, which supporters argue helps maintain grid reliability and lower energy costs, while opponents suggest it would slow efforts to reduce national carbon emissions.