Green House Gas Regulation To Crush Small Business : EPA Dictating Outcomes

That small electrical generations facilities will be crushed by the new regulations coming from the EPA is not by accident, it is by design. Mr Obama himself stated on several occasions he intended to regulate the coal industry out of business with his 'cap and trade' scheme. But as we all know that failed to materialize, so he decided the next and easiest way to do this was through regulation of all industry instituted by EPA.

No discussion, no debate from our congress, just one appointed person handing down decisions that will effect all our lives and those of our family for decades to come. How does something like this that is so fundamental to our very existence get lost in the weeds of our daily lives?

Is our form of government broken or just ignored by the powerful and the lazy?

Small Businesses Hindered by Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Source: Sam Batkins, "Small Business Implications of Greenhouse Gas Regulation," American Action Forum, September 19, 2013.
October 9, 2013

Regulation, especially the control of greenhouse gases, has profound implications for small businesses.  Many of the establishments don't have shareholders or massive capital reserves to spend millions of dollars under a new regulatory regime. More than 50 small businesses and 9,000 employees directly affected are hoping that the Environmental Protection Agency understands their economic reality, says Sam Batkins, director of regulatory policy at the American Action Forum.

• Combined, these small businesses employ more than 9,100 workers, produce 71.7 million megawatts hours of power, and provide electricity for 3.3 million American customers and households.
• The utilities produce about 50 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), or six-tenths of 1 percent of total U.S. emissions.
• The average facility emits approximately 330,000 tons of CO2e per year; this compares to the largest emitter in the United States, which produces 22 million tons annually.

It is clear that small facilities with sparse capital reserves will be the most impacted by stringent GHG standards.  Even though they contribute less than 1 percent of U.S. emissions, small entities will face the same regulatory hurdles that large utilities encounter.