Enacting a clean energy standard with a structure that allows states to choose between the new regulatory regime or the old one would be a way of preserving the traditional federalist structure of our national energy policy , while also fast-tracking the energy transition for everyone who likes the idea of abundant , affordable clean energy .
The old model for power plant regulations hasn ' t worked . It is time to find a new approach that can succeed .
Jeffrey Holmstead is a partner at Bracewell LLP . He also served as administrator of the EPA ' s Air Office between 2000 and 2005 .
Samuel Thernstrom is the founder at the Energy Innovation Reform Project . He also served at the White House Council on Environmental Quality during the George W . Bush administration .
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