“Cooperative Federalism” is a dynamic partnership, with the State Utility Commissioners, state utilities, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, state and regional transmission lines has lasted for almost 80 years with very positive impacts.
The instinct to disparage 80 years of successful electricity system and promote a federal environmental policy is understandable.
However, the federal agencies have not demonstrated an expertise for the technological, scientific, engineering, and economic development since the EPA was formed.
“This uniquely American reliance [Cooperative Federalism] on regulatory, state, and local climate policy has never quite worked [this is not true] —the country still lacks a comprehensive plan to decarbonize its electricity sector, for instance, which remains dirtier than Western Europe’s—and it has been too disjointed to help the United States transition away from fossil fuels.”
Ultimately, federal agencies appear to be
unable to keep politics out of electricity and grid regulations.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/08/senate-climate-inflation-reduction-bill-passed/671073/