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CLEAN ENERGY INSIDER
JUNE 11, 2024
REAMS REPORT

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

As summer approaches and November elections inch closer, there’s a sense of anticipation in the air. There’s also a realization that there are a dwindling number of legislative days in this congressional session.

This crunch time makes it imperative for lawmakers to focus on impactful solutions that can drive American-made clean energy policy. For example, top of mind for energy advocates across the country is permitting reform, and while there may be doubt that progress can be made this Congress, there is ongoing bipartisan collaboration to streamline and modernize our federal permitting processes to make way for clean energy development.

I recently co-authored an op-ed ([link removed]) with Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) highlighting several permitting reform provisions from H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, which were signed into law as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, as well as the need to address serial litigation that impedes clean energy projects. Read our op-ed here ([link removed]) .

Despite the pressures of the legislative schedule, I am hopeful because Republicans are at the table, ready to pass legislation to unlock clean, affordable and reliable American-made energy. As we look toward the end of this Congress and to the next, CRES is committed to actively advocating for legislation to support American innovation and global leadership in supplying cleaner energy.

Let’s make the most of these remaining legislative days!
Heather Reams
CRES President

WHAT CRES IS HEARING
"They're using permitting reform only for preferential industries or preferential organizations. We would like to see permitting reform, and we want to see fair practices from the Biden Administration and for them to be an honest broker." — Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) at the Politico Energy Summit ([link removed]) in support of continued permitting reform.
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“Hydropower is clean, and it's reliable. There are dams that TVA created 80 years ago that are still producing clean reliable electricity. [...] Hydropower is going to be a key part of that so those are cherished facilities in your district and in mine and we want them to continue, and they can continue if left alone.” — Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) in a “Chairman’s Chat ([link removed]) ” with Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.).
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"I, like all Republicans, voted against the entire package, [but] we're grateful for a few things that are in it. I will be involved pretty strongly advocating that we not just repeal the IRA." — Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) at the Politico Energy Summit ([link removed]) in support of clean energy tax provisions.

WHAT CRES IS SAYING

About the Clean Power Plan 2.0...
"America needs more energy generation, not less. [...] The Biden Administration's latest iteration of the Clean Power Plan threatens U.S. energy reliability—endangering our ability to keep the lights on and threatening our status as a leader in global emissions reduction. Thank you, Sen. Capito and Rep. Balderson, for leading the effort to reverse these misguided regulations." — CRES President Heather Reams in a statement ([link removed])%20joint%20resolution%20of%20disapproval.) regarding the effort to reverse the Biden Administration’s Clean Power Plant 2.0.

WHAT CRES IS DOING
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CRES President Heather Reams is moderating a panel at the second annual Clean Energy Transition Conference ([link removed]) TOMORROW July 12, 2024. The panel, “Securing Supply Chains for a Robust Energy Transition,” will discuss how developing secure domestic supply chains for clean energy technologies is critical to reducing global emissions and advancing national security. Panelists include Zack Valdez from the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains at the Department of Energy (DOE), Jade Jones from Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Zubeyde Oysul from SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy and Jordan Berman-Cutler from Invenergy.
Don’t want to miss out on the action? Register HERE ([link removed]) with code “CRES100” for free access!

WHAT CRES IS WRITING

Celebrating Breakthrough Energy’s Webby Award ([link removed])
Breakthrough’s State of the Transition report ([link removed]) offers a detailed overview of the current state of clean energy development worldwide, highlighting key innovations, policy developments and market trends that are shaping the future of energy. The report highlights three priorities that CRES Forum supports: the need for increased clean hydrogen development to further decarbonize industry in the United States, continued American innovation to capture carbon from the atmosphere and the need to increase transmission capacity and develop new infrastructure so that new and diversified sources of electricity can be reliably delivered to families and businesses.
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Say “And,” Not “Or,” to American Energy Generation ([link removed])
CRES President Heather Reams and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) co-authored a joint op-ed ([link removed]) in RealClearEnergy highlighting the Conservative Climate Foundation’s (CCF) field tour to Augusta, Georgia, and the importance of nuclear energy to the United States’ all-of-the-above energy approach.
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The Next Step for Energy Permitting: Judicial Review ([link removed])
CRES President Heather Reams and Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) penned a joint op-ed ([link removed]) highlighting several permitting reform provisions in H.R. 1 that were signed into law as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, as well as one key element that is still outstanding: judicial review.

WHAT CRES IS READING

A Natural-Gas Billionaire Bets on Greener Fossil Fuel ([link removed]) — The Wall Street Journal

Republican lawmakers want to keep parts of Biden’s climate law — but Trump might not ([link removed]) — Politico

US solar projects could boom amid deadline to use up tax-exempt panel glut ([link removed]) — Reuters

'Dangers of Biden's energy policies' shredded in internal House GOP memo ([link removed]) — Fox News

Clean-Energy Investment This Year To Be Twice That of Fossil Fuels, IEA Says ([link removed]) — The Wall Street Journal

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