Pennsylvania has ranked second in the nation for amount of emissions released from electricity generation plants. This is mainly due to the amount of coal generation in the state. With the recent EPA regulations this could result in rates to increase and cause reliability issues for the Keystone State. As no surprise to energy professionals, Texas ranked number one. TX has been the number one state fighting the EPA on their regulations. Since the state already suffers from reliability problems, they fear the regulations could cause major issues.