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Committee debates repeal of EPA methane polluter fee; Democrats say fee captures wasted gas, Republicans call it a cost on consumers
Summary
Members of the House Rules Committee heard competing testimony on H.J.Res.35, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s methane polluter fee. Democrats said the fee corrects market failure and funds mitigation technology; Republicans said the fee will raise energy prices and hurt small producers.
The Rules Committee also considered the policy case for H.J.Res.35, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the EPA’s methane polluter fee. The fee is the core pricing mechanism in the methane emissions reduction program enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act; under the rule operators pay a per‑ton fee on excess methane emissions unless they adopt mitigation measures.
Representative Paul Tonko, testifying for Democrats, said the methane fee corrects a market…
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