Companies Edison Electric Institute FollowJuly 31 (Reuters) - The top U.S. utility lobby group intends to push back on the Biden administration's proposals requiring upgrades to existing natural gas-fired power plants to curb climate-warming emissions, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The power industry accounts for a quarter of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, second only to transportation, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data. The rules would also regulate coal and new natural gas plants separately. It also said retrofitting those plants for CCS would be "difficult" due to space constraints and other limitations. EEI and others have until Aug. 8 to submit comments on the proposed rules.

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Persons: Biden, Joe Biden's, EEI, Brian Reil, Nichola Groom, Valerie Volcovici, Sonali Paul Organizations: Edison Electric, Edison Electric Institute, Environmental Protection Agency, CCS, EPA, Thomson