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Trump's nominees for energy and interior secretary cleared the ENR committee on bipartisan votes and now head to the floor where Senate leadership has been working to approve his cabinet picks.
While Trump's order calls for “a reliable, diversified and affordable supply of energy,” it omits any mention of solar, wind or storage and makes only passing reference to transmission as part of its definition of generation.
President Trump's executive orders on energy are not enough on their own for the industry to meet the rising demand for AI and data centers, and experts told RTO Insider that another attempt at permitting reform is needed.
The order does not affect existing onshore or offshore wind leases, but it sets up potential challenges by directing a comprehensive review.
Minutes after he was sworn in as 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signaled his intention to rapidly increase production of oil and gas.
The D.C. Circuit Court overturned a rule issued in Trump's first term on shipping LNG over rails, which the Biden-era PHMSA did not replace, directing the agency to pay closer attention to the risks an accident would pose.
The 2,600 GW of wind, solar and storage sitting in interconnection queues across the U.S. represent a major imbalance in energy resources that could lead to brownouts or blackouts, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said during his Senate confirmation hearing.
The U.S. Department of Energy has made conditional loan commitments totaling $22.9 billion to utilities for transmission, pipeline and clean power investments.
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Energy, positioned himself as a supporter of an all-of-the-above approach to developing generation and transmission before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
California regulators have withdrawn their request for federal approval of a statewide ban on diesel truck sales after 2035, saying they’ve run out of time before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
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