SCOTUS ruling against EPA will not ‘change current courses of action’

The Supreme Court’s ruling last week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emission reductions from power plants will not extend the life of CPS Energy’s coal plant, utility officials said this week. Nor will it change other local plans to reduce carbon emissions, according to the agency tasked with monitoring the region’s air quality. Last Thursday, the court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Clean Air Act does not give the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants such as CPS Energy’s J.