Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is going after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) again, this time over proposed utility regulations he says will cost Virginians dearly in terms of jobs and higher power bills.

Cuccinelli told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Tuesday that proposed national emissions standard would increase electricity rates in Virginia between 10 and 35 percent and “devastate” Southwestern Virginia, which is dependent on the coal industry for jobs.