Politics asside, executive regulatory action cannot overturn legislation. It is a check and balance to avoid one elected leader making all of the calls. Additionally, RGGI provides vital funding for the flooding resilience we need that is verifiably a result of climate change. The funds are huge and helpful, but still not even enough for the need that climate change has cuased. It also provides major energy efficiency upgrades for low-income individuals. That means their electricity bills will go down.  So getting rid of that fund keeps the cost of electricity high for these financially strapped people. I hope you can see the irony in a worry that we will have a ~$2 added per 1000kWh to our electric bills because of RGGI, whereas those savings can save folks a lot more per month. Those riders on our bills can be overturned through legislation. I think we all can agree to that, although it is such a small issue compared to the list of other riders we have on there. We need these funds, and we need to pressure our way out of fossil fuels. RGGI can do that. 

All that said, I would like a response back explaining the legal argument that gives the executive branch the legal authority to overturn legislation. Thank you to all the public servants who have to go through this stupid whiplash for some guy who wants to become the president (i.e., not the Governor of VA).