Twenty-two senators implored President Obama on Friday to halt plans to impose new emission limits on existing power plants, warning the forthcoming regulations would hit ratepayers in their pocketbooks.

In a letter spearheaded by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the lawmakers urged Obama to “consider the burden to ratepayers before moving forward with plans to increase regulation.”?

The appeal comes ahead of a June deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a rule placing new restrictions on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from plants. Together with a previously issued draft rule for new plants, the regulations represent the central pillar of the president’s plan to counter the effects of climate change through dramatic GHG reductions.

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