Our nation runs the risk of losing the advantages provided by our vast energy resources due to the politicization of pipeline, transmission lines, and other infrastructure projects. Many areas in the U.S. are already missing out on the full benefits of our energy revolution because it has been difficult to permit and build or replace energy infrastructure.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce respectfully urges the Committee to promptly report both Robert Powelson and Neil Chatterjee to the full Senate to fill two of the three open commissioner vacancies on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”). FERC plays a vital role in ensuring
Since February 3, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)--one of the essential pieces of our nation’s energy puzzle-- has been hobbled, and the time is now to get it back working again. On that day, Commissioner Norman Bay departed, leaving FERC unable to carry out many of its
“Infrastructure Week” is a series of events this week put together by a coalition, including industry and labor, focused on raising awareness about the need to build better infrastructure for our country. At the U.S. Chamber, we are glad to be a part of the effort. We know that safe, reliable
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, today issued the following statement regarding efforts by the Trump administration to expand offshore energy development: “On the campaign trail, candidate Trump promised that energy was
Previous Energy Institute reports have provided both quantitative and qualitative detail with respect to how the dramatic increase in natural gas (and oil) production in the United States over the past half-decade has benefited businesses, consumers and communities across the nation.
These benefits have come in many different forms, from energy-usage cost-savings for consumers exceeding several thousand dollars per household per month, to the creation of millions of jobs and the lowering of the country’s greenhouse-gas emissions profile to levels not seen since the mid-1990s.
Today, President Trump signed what might be the most consequential energy-related Executive Order (EO) ever. The Chamber has been at the forefront of most of the policy issues addressed in the EO, and our Energy Institute president and CEO, Karen Harbert, was in the room at EPA Headquarters when the
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today on President Trump’s Energy Independence executive order: “America got good news today when President Trump took bold steps to make regulatory relief and energy security a top
