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The NAM filed an application for an immediate stay of the final rule for existing electric utility generating units pending litigation over the rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan attempted to aggressively transform the domestic energy generation industry in violation of the Clean Air Act. If upheld, this rule would have imposed significant regulatory costs on manufacturers, thereby threatening global competitiveness. The NAM’s brief argued that the rule is far in excess of EPA’s statutory authority under the Clean Air Act and would cause irreparable harms to NAM members if a stay was not granted. In a win for manufacturers, the Supreme Court granted the stay.