In Utility Dive's year end 2016 Dive Awards, they gave the award to "Obsession of the Year" is the Clean Power Plan, and illustrate it with a quote from AEE's Lisa Frantzis. From the article:

"In many ways, [the Clean Power Plan] codified market forces already at work that are driving the adoption of energy efficiency, renewable energy and grid services." Lisa Frantzis Senior Vice President for Strategy, Advanced Energy Economy

Read the full article here. Other candidates for Obsession of the Year included Solar+Storage, Solar rate design, Consumer choice,and Nuclear power subsidies.