A recent study released by Veritas Economic Consulting has found that EPA’s proposed classification of coal ash as a hazardous waste could come with an extreme price tag. Classification as hazardous waste would severely restrict options for coal ash storage, causing either the retirement of some coal-fired facilities altogether or a drastically higher cost for burning coal for electricity.
The study found that EPA’s regulation could cause as many as 316,000 job losses and cost $110 billion over a 20-year period.
