Richmond partners Scott C. Oostdyk and E. Duncan Getchell Jr. co-authored, and counsel Michael H. Brady contributed to, an article posing the question “What If States Opt Out Of EPA’s Existing Source Rule?” Published November 24, 2014, the article notes that the federal Constitution bars the Environmental Protection Agency from forcing federal programs, such as the Clean Power Plan, on states. The authors explain that state officials – not federal ones − control the generation, dispatch and transmission of electricity. Subscribers can read the full text of the article at www.law360.com.