The composition of tomorrow’s electricity generation mix dominates many of the energy policy debates held today. Reliability and affordability must remain prominent factors in the electricity sector transition already underway, but given the challenge posted by climate change, attention must be paid to the environmental impact of electricity sources. Efforts must be undertaken at the national, state, and local levels to facilitate energy innovation and company-driven and federally-sponsored research and development activities.
Over the last couple of years, we’ve taken some deep dives into the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) analyses of the economic and energy market impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP), both its proposed (EIA Analysis Shows EPA’s Carbon Regulations
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce strongly supports H.R. 5, which includes the Regulatory Accountability Act, and may consider including votes on, or in relation to, H.R. 5 in our annual How They Voted scorecard. The Chamber commends the House for acting on regulatory reform legislation so early in the
Did you know that small businesses and consumers across the country are falling victim to a group of criminals that are impersonating utility representatives? That’s why the Energy Institute is supporting Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS) - a coalition of utility companies and trade associations
Should you care about net metering? Whether you are interested in solar energy or not, the answer is YES. Over the past couple of months, we have explained the concept of “net metering” through visuals that demonstrate that while everyone connected to the power grid benefits from it, outdated
We’ve been telling readers for some time how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now argues that its once “transformative” Clean Power Plan (CPP)—upon greater reflection and a weak legal justification—really isn’t that “transformative” after all.
WASHINGTON, DC— With some politicians and interest groups heralding Europe’s energy policies as a model to follow, the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy examined what would happen if the U.S. was forced to pay EU energy prices. The report is the third in the Energy Institute’s Energy
This paper marks the third in a series of reports that we will be releasing this fall, each taking a substantive look at what might have happened in the past – or could happen in the future – if certain energy-related ideas and policy prescriptions put forth by prominent politicians and their supporters were actually adopted. We’re calling it the Energy Accountability Series. Certainly, one doesn’t need to look far these days to find platforms or outlets that claim to be definitive “fact-checkers” of all manner of utterances candidates make on the campaign trail.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Chamber and more than 160 other trade associations representing nearly every sector of the economy, businesses, labor unions, and states who are challenging EPA
