President Trump is expected to announce a replacement for the Clean Power Plan (CPP) tonight at a rally in West Virginia, according to CNBC. The proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule was signed by new EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Monday.

The CPP mandated a shift to renewable energy from coal-fired electricity but was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 and hasn’t yet taken effect. The new ACE rule gives states the responsibility of regulating coal-fired power plants rather than the federal government. CNBC reports that states can then opt to impose looser restrictions that allow utilities to emit more greenhouse gases or defer taking any action at all. Wheeler tweeted the new replacement rule would protect the environment, save consumers money and save jobs.

The move is another step in Trump’s mission to revive the coal industry. The Los Angeles Times reports that in talking points leaked to the media, the Trump administration says the replacement of the CPP is a signal “to the nation that the war on coal is over and a new era of energy dominance is underway.”

Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association on the Trump administration’s proposal to revise the Clean Power Plan:

“We disagree with the Trump administration’s regressive approach to regulating climate change by directing the states to address this global problem. We believe that by deploying solar and other renewable technologies, there are ways to reduce pollution of all sorts and provide electricity to Americans at a lower cost. New solar energy will create tens of thousands of jobs and inject billions of dollars of investment into the economy.

“Our capabilities to generate electricity have evolved dramatically in the last five years, and further dramatic changes such as increased use of energy storage are now at hand. We don’t need to contrive out-of-market solutions to keep expensive and polluting power plants afloat in order to provide Americans the electricity they need.

“With or without this new proposal, solar will continue to grow, power the economy and provide the clean energy that consumers want and the grid needs. When you combine low-cost and low-carbon with technology that continues to get smarter, you can compete in any market and under any regulatory regime. We pledge to work constructively with the administration to develop policies that help American consumers, add American jobs and protect the planet.”

As co-counsel for Sierra Club, Earthjustice is part of the legal team defending the Obama-era Clean Power Plan against lawsuits brought by fossil fuel interests and allied states. The following is a statement from Earthjustice president Trip Van Noppen on today’s news:

“This misguided proposal would wreak havoc on communities in two ways. First, fossil fuel interests won’t have to make the big cuts in climate-altering carbon pollution that the Obama-era plan would require, exacerbating the destructive impacts of climate change. Second, polluters can avoid making the large, life-saving reductions in smog and soot pollution that the plan would have achieved. Instead of gutting the Clean Power Plan, EPA should strengthen it to protect communities across the nation from the increasingly urgent impacts of climate change and polluted air.”

National business group Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) released this statement in response to the new rule:

“When it comes to our nation’s electricity, the Trump Administration seems to favor options that cost more and provide less. Though legally obligated to control pollution from the nation’s power sector, EPA proposes to set emissions standards based only on costly upgrades at aging, inefficient power plants. This command and control approach unfairly favors obsolete technologies and ignores the proven cost-effective emissions reductions that can be achieved by readily available advanced energy technologies,” said Malcolm Woolf, senior vice president for policy at Advanced Energy Economy. “In contrast, a market-based approach that takes full advantage of cost-competitive advanced energy resources would not only deliver far deeper emission reductions but give states numerous other benefits: lower costs, greater reliability, technological innovation, and economic growth in the advanced energy sector, which already employs over 3.4 million Americans.”

Updated at 12:53 pm ET on August 21