The Environmental Protect Agency on Wednesday said it would begin a sweeping rollback of environmental regulations, including air, water and waste rules that affect the power sector.

“Today is the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a press release. “We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion to drive down cost of living for American families, unleash American energy [and] bring auto jobs back to the U.S.”

Industry observers expected the EPA under the Trump administration would seek to revise regulations affecting the power sector, especially rules that have contributed to making it uneconomic to keep coal-fired power plants operating.

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