Ed Whitfield: “But where there is challenge there is also opportunity. Over the next decade alone, utilities plan to invest more than…”

Well, some States would disagree with that. I've talked to many of them, and they view--even though you went through a process, that you set the standard.

So many critics say that that flexibility argument--we're giving maximum flexibility to the State--is really a red herring.

Why do you think the Supreme Court issued a stay of the Clean Power Plan?

I want clean air. I want clean water. But I don't want an organized attack on the energy-producing sector of America because of, to use Mr. McNerney's term, a political decision to go after hydrocarbons.