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Tom Carper: “Tell us what the rules are going to be. Give us a reasonable amount of flexibility, reasonable amount of time and get…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Tell us what the rules are going to be. Give us a reasonable amount of flexibility, reasonable amount of time and get out of the way.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper recalls a utility CEO's advice on regulatory flexibility for multi-pollutant legislation.

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