ACCCE: What’s at Stake with EPA’s Power Plan
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On September 27th, the fate of states’ rights will be left to the opinions of the Courts.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the highly-anticipated and critically-important case, West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, concerning the legality of EPA’s costly Power Plan and its unconstitutional power grab that strips states of their rights to determine how best to generate and distribute power.
If EPA is given the go-ahead, the impact will be felt immediately.
First and foremost, the plan flies in the face of the Tenth Amendment, which reserves power not explicitly given to the federal government for the states. This includes energy policy, which EPA is trying to dictate rather than allow states to make decisions that are best for constituents. Allowing this violation to persist will set a dangerous precedent. As Harvard Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence Tribe put it, “burning the Constitution should not become part of our national energy policy.”
If the Power Plan survives and states aren’t able to make their own balanced energy policies, affordable and reliable electricity will be thrown to the wayside, jobs will be lost, economies will falter and families struggling to make ends meet will be forced to choose whether to pay for the electric bill or put food on the table.
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