On August 21, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the long-awaited proposed rule to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP). The Affordable Clean Energy rule (ACE), signed by EPA Acting...more
A major infrastructure package is a legislative priority for both Congress and the Trump administration. What policy considerations will shape the debate on how to execute an infrastructure bill? And what issues need to be...more
This week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their respective reports on potential areas of regulatory reform. The reports were spurred by President Trump’s March 28...more
The House Appropriations Committee marked up the FY18 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill this week, which provides annual funding for various programs under the Department of Energy (DOE), the Army Corps of Engineers,...more
It has been over thirty years since the last major overhaul of the U.S. tax code, President Reagan's Tax Reform Act of 1986. That process took over two years and required cooperation between the President and both parties in...more