Without any real-world logic to their arguments, Republican members of Congress are simply trotting out the same tired claims about trampling on state’s rights and forced nationalization, all in the name of protecting Big Oil and Gas interests.
John,
SEEC members of Congress are serious about passing legislation to tackle the climate crisis.
Republicans, not so much.
SEEC members recently established a Power Sector Task Force to push Congress to consider stronger clean energy and electricity policies. This is one of three task forces established by SEEC to develop policies around climate change.
The power sector is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. President Biden has set a national goal of reaching a carbon-free power sector by 2035, but unless Congress passes a national electricity plan with specific policies to achieve that, we won’t be able to decrease our emissions fast enough to achieve that important goal.
Important components of such a plan include deploying more clean energy and energy efficiency, expanding interstate transmission infrastructure, ensuring all communities benefit from clean energy resources, and reforming wholesale power markets.
Last year, the winter storm in Texas led to millions of Texans being without power for days and living in freezing conditions as the electrical grid failed to match demand. More than 200 Texans died because the electricity provider and its regulator, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, failed to adopt mandatory standards for winterization.
A national electricity plan would prevent what happened in Texas from ever occurring again. Through their new Power Sector Task Force, SEEC members of Congress are pushing to have a national electricity policy move through the House and the Senate. This would be a significant step toward meeting President Biden’s climate change goals.
But Republicans are opposed, John.
Without any real-world logic to their arguments, Republican members of Congress are simply trotting out the same tired claims about trampling on state’s rights and forced nationalization, all in the name of protecting Big Oil and Gas interests.
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