A new White House plan to trim U.S. greenhouse gas emissions is winning kudos from renewable energy associations and condemnation from their fossil fuel industry counterparts.

President Barack Obama was scheduled to unveil the plan Monday. It will require states to meet certain carbon reduction standards, CNN reported.

In addition, the plan, to be implemented through the Environmental Protection Agency, includes an incentive program to help states get a head start on deploying renewable energy and promoting low-income energy efficiency.

"Power plants are the single biggest source of harmful carbon pollution that contributes to climate change," Obama said in a video posted online by the White House Sunday. "Until now, there have been no federal limits to the amount of carbon pollution plants dump in the air." http://cnn.it/1DmWO8h

Among the plan's supporters is the Solar Energy Industries Association, which called it "critically needed." The adoption of more solar power will spur good-paying job growth, CEO Rhone Resch said.

"Over the last five years, the solar industry has been one of the fastest-growing industries in the U.S. We will continue to expand production and lower costs to meet the increased demand from states under the Clean Power Plan, which means solid, well-paying jobs for hundreds of thousands of Americans," he said.

The American Wind Energy Association also is a fan of the proposed rules.

"Wind accounts for 57 percent of the optimal energy mix to comply with the Clean Power Plan, according to the (U.S. Energy Information Administration)," said Michael Goggin, senior director of research for AWEA. "Thanks to its combination of low cost and zero emissions, wind energy has the largest role in cost-effectively meeting the carbon rule."

While renewable energy industries stand to benefit under Obama's plan, the coal industry is likely to take the biggest hit. Not surprisingly, its associations are among the plan's most passionate critics.

"Even in the face of damning analyses and scathing opposition from across the country, EPA's final carbon rule reveals what we've said for months—(the EPA) is pursuing an illegal plan that will drive up electricity costs and put people out of work," said Mike Duncan, CEO of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

National Mining Association CEO Hal Quinn said the plan "reflects political expediency, not reality, for supplying the nation with low cost reliable power."

"The nation's governors now have a clear choice to make about their course: accept this flawed plan and put their citizens at risk, or reject it and challenge EPA's authority and competence to manage their state's energy economy from Washington," he said.

The nation's utilities are not on board with the president. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association said the plan fails to consider the economic impact on Americans. The Edison Electric Institute said it was concerned about timing and cost of the plan's near-term targets.

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