Whose Policies Are Increasing Electricity Rates?
- 02/02/26
- Thomas Pyle
- Blog
E&E News reported recently that Senate Democrats gathered to “reinforce a core midterm message: Republican policies have driven up energy prices for Americans.” Before Democrats cast blame for electricity prices, they need to look in the mirror.
The Map That Tells the Story
Recently, along with Always On Energy Research, the Institute for Energy Research (IER) released a report called "Blue States, High Rates " that tells the real story of the electricity prices in the United...
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Washington State Wildly Mischaracterizes Outcomes Of Costly Green Mandates
- 01/30/26
- IER
- Blog
The Washington State Climate Commitment Act (CCA) was supposed to reduce 8.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions over its lifetime. However, due to a clerical error, the state corrected the estimate to 308,000 tons of emissions , or less than 4% of the original number, and less than one-half of 1% of the state’s annual emissions. The CCA, passed in 2021, raised more than $4.3 billion to support programs that ostensibly reduce the state’s carbon emissions. The act requires businesses...
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AEA Signs Coalition Letter In Support of Administrator Zeldin
- 01/26/26
- AEA
- Blog
On January 22, 2026, the American Energy Alliance joined with 19 other free-market and consumer choice advocacy organizations in sending a EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, commending him for his stalwart leadership of the agency in 2025. The full text of the letter is available below. The full list of signers is available here.
Dear Administrator Zeldin:
The undersigned conservative organizations want to commend you for your leadership in 2025 and look forward to working with you in...
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Key Vote YES on H.J. Res. 140
- 01/21/26
- AEA
- Blog
The American Energy Alliance supports H.J. Res. 140, providing for congressional disapproval of the BLM public land order prohibiting mining in the Superior National Forest.
The subject region contains one of the world's largest untapped copper and nickel deposits, two minerals that are crucial inputs to vast numbers of modern products. These are also minerals for which the U.S. relies heavily on imports. The Biden administration's action to lock out development from this important...
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250 Actions the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Have Taken to Unleash Our Energy Potential
- 01/20/26
- Thomas Pyle
- Blog
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans ran on a plan for American energy: make it easier to produce and more affordable to purchase. In the first year since President Trump took office, his administration and congressional allies have taken over 250 actions to unleash America's energy potential. A list of those actions appears below.
January 20, 2025
- President Donald J. Trump had a whirlwind first day in office on January 20, signing some 200 executive orders , many...
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Ditching Maduro Will Help Keep America’s Backyard Free of Adversaries
- 01/20/26
- Thomas Pyle
- Blog
Fueling The Conversation, Week of January 19th, 2026
Early in the morning of January 3, the U.S. carried out an operation to capture the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, to face trial in New York on charges of trafficking cocaine and partnering with cartels.
Removing Maduro from power was long overdue. More than 50 countries do not recognize him as the legitimately elected president of Venezuela. Under his leadership, the Venezuelan...
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AEA Signs Coalition Letter In Support of HJ Res. 140
- 01/16/26
- AEA
- Blog
On January 15, 2026, the American Energy Alliance joined with 20 other free-market and consumer choice advocacy organizations in sending a letter to House leadership urging the prompt consideration, and passage of HJ Resolution 140, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of Public Land Order (PLO) 7917. The full text of the letter is available below. The full list of signers is available here.
Dear Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Scalise,
We, the...
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Key Vote YES on H.R. 2988
- 01/15/26
- AEA
- Blog
The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 2988, the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act.
For many years activists and advisory firms have encouraged and sometimes threatened fiduciaries responsible for managing and investing Americans' retirement savings to engage in so-called ESG investing. This type of investing involves elevating subjective political priorities rather than focusing on economic returns. Most average Americans did not even know that their investment...
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Venezeula’s Oil and the Monroe Doctrine
- 01/14/26
- Caleb Jasso
- Blog
On January 2nd, at 10:46 pm, the United States initiated Operation Absolute Resolve, leading to the capture of former President Maduro of Venezuela. Along with his wife, Maduro was extracted from Caracas and relocated to New York, where he has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States. Leading up to the capture of...
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Trump Admin Takes Action To Save Ratepayers From Offshore Wind Boondoggles
- 01/09/26
- IER
- Blog
The Trump Interior Department ordered a halt to construction of all five offshore wind projects currently being built in the United States, pausing all leases for large-scale offshore wind projects that are currently under construction due to national security issues. The pauses affect the Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind 1 projects. According to Politico , the national security risks were identified by the Department of Defense...
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