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With spiking gasoline prices now intensifying the pain of higher utility bills, there’s an effort afoot in Congress to rework some Trump administration rollbacks of clean energy policies.
A White House directive on artificial intelligence is putting renewed pressure on Congress to act on data center energy use worries.
Congressional leaders have not yet unified behind one approach to regulate the data centers that make artificial intelligence possible. It seemed unlikely any legislation would get serious consideration. That may all change.
Reps. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) and Mike Levin (D-Calif.) are introducing a bill today, the “Energy Bills Relief Act,” that would reverse the GOP megalaw’s slashing of Biden-era clean energy tax credits.
House Democrats are putting their energy policy priorities forward in a new bill that’s being co-sponsored by more than half of their caucus.
The measure, led by Democratic Reps. Sean Casten (Ill.) and Mike Levin (Calif.) would restore climate-friendly energy tax credits repealed by Republicans and prevent the Trump administration from imposing burdens on renewables.
Lawmakers clashed Tuesday over the benefits of renewable energy versus fossil fuels as Democrats seek to amplify concerns about affordability ahead of the midterm elections.
House Energy and Commerce Republicans convened a hearing to tout the importance of fossil fuels during severe weather and GOP efforts to increase their production.
But Senate Democrats had an event of their own to trumpet renewables and accuse Republicans of making energy more expensive by undermining wind and solar, and going to war with Iran.
Democratic Reps. Sean Casten of Illinois and Mike Levin from California — and 120 other Democratic cosponsors — introduced a broad clean electricity bill Wednesday that would undo key Trump administration priorities, such as providing fast-track grid access for gas-fired power plants and keeping fossil-fueled power plants from retiring through “emergency” declarations.