RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Republican state senator running for governor is planning to call a legislative hearing to investigate Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's plan to limit carbon emissions from power plants.
Sen. Frank Wagner tells The Richmond Times-Dispatch that he will convene an emergency meeting of the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules within a few weeks to question McAuliffe administration officials on the executive order. Wagner has said he will do everything in his "legislative authority" to stop the governor's power plant plan.
McAuliffe, a Democrat, signed an executive order Tuesday that begins developing regulations on carbon emissions.
A spokesman for McAuliffe called Wagner's hearing "election-year posturing" but said the administration would gladly answer questions about the plan.
Recent polls show Wagner trailing Ed Gillespie and Corey Stewart for the Republican nomination.