At an Energy Commission hearing Wednesday, House Democrats believe that adding wind and solar farms to the grid is key to achieving that vision. [emphasis, links added]
Although renewable energy is considered to be the lowest cost technology available, Democrats also criticized Trump for freezing taxpayer funds in the industry, which they say will prevent the low-cost industry from expanding.
Democrats echo those signed executive orders that declared a national energy emergency and revoked former President Joe Biden after the hearings' execution order signed after the term of office. most of the climate agenda.
last month, Trump ordered a freeze of federal funds to “financial aid for foreign aid, NGOs, dei, awaken gender ideology and green new deals.”
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Senate Democrats introduced legislation this week to end Trump's energy emergency, believing that only oil companies will benefit from it, and another Alliances of renewable energy groups and companies are launching a lobbying blitz to protect subsidies for low-cost industries they say they need to survive.
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Rep. Kathy Custer (D-FLA) at a hearing Wednesday.
“Instead, these actions are gifts to big oil companies. They aim to increase profits at the expense of working families across the country,” Custer said.
She said the country has the opportunity to build on the “success” of the Biden Harris administration’s energy policies that have been driving “grid resilience, innovation and efficiency for low-cost, clean energy.”
However, The low-cost grid powered by renewable energy requires ongoing taxpayers’ support, including trillions of dollars in Biden’s signature lowering inflation bill, she said. …Sniper…
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Rep. John James (R-Mich).
“Obviously, Democratic drugs produce zero emissions. But what their radical agenda means for voters in my area and the voters you pay more [at the] Pumps pay more for groceries, people in Southeast Michigan experience their jobs extinct [and] Shipped to other states, shipped to other countries? Because of new green deals, awakening policies don't work in the real world,” James said.
Republicans on the committee generally agree with the “all of the aforementioned” energy methods, but they believe Natural gas and nuclear energy are needed to ensure grid reliability and affordability.
“Intermittent energy sources such as solar and wind play a role in a diverse energy mix. However, we must maintain the base load power transferred from fossil fuels, nuclear and water,Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, said. …Sniper…
Lobbying Blitz
Democrats in Congress are preparing to fight Trump's “American energy dominance” execution order, which they say will only benefit “big oil.”
Senators Martin Heinrich and D-VA of DN.M. Senator Tim Kaine drafted legislation that would end Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency.
“While Donald Trump focuses on repaying corporate polluters executives who donate to the campaign, it is the American people who will pay his fake “energy emergency.” Heinrich in a “His authoritarian and illegal attack on clean energy investments will kill U.S. jobs, increase home costs, weaken our economic competitiveness and erode U.S.'s global energy dominance,” the statement said. ”
Energy advocacy group Power The Future criticized Heinrich and Kaine for introducing legislation in recent reports that inflation remains a problem.
“The fact is that they are simple guerrillas, and when Americans pay record gasoline prices, they don’t think it’s an emergency, and Joe Biden begs Saudi Arabia to buy more oil. There is no doubt that these two senators are the key voting statements for the failure of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Thursday, A broad alliance of renewable energy groups and companies launched a “lobbying blitz” that included a letter publicity campaign and 100 meetings with members of Congress and staff on both sides.
“Solar energy can be faster and cheaper than almost any technology, and it’s clear that without a strong U.S. solar and storage industry we wouldn’t be able to deal with the nation’s energy challenges, nor with President Trump’s energy vision,” said Solar Energy. President and CEO Abigail Hopper Energy Industry Association (SEIA) said in a statement announcing the blitz.
According to the statement, Without a federal energy tax credit, this cheap energy will not be able to grow. According to Aurora Energy Research, clean energy deployments will drop by 237 GW in the next 15 years, lack of taxpayer support.
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