POTENTIAL FOR BIPARTISAN CLEAN ENERGY PROGRESS NEXT CONGRESS
GOP clean energy leaders - including those endorsed by ClearPath Action Fund - will have a golden opportunity to help shape the push for aggressive and pragmatic deals in the next Congress.
ClearPath-endorsed candidates who won reelection were Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Brian Mast (R-Fla.). Another - Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) - remains close in her Senate bid.
They were among those aiding bipartisan clean energy wins in the current Congress. That includes efforts to expand and extend crucial tax incentives for carbon capture and advanced nuclear technologies, record federal R&D investment and key storage and other clean energy direction for the Department of Energy, as well as significant hydropower licensing reform.
Much more is still needed in the coming weeks and next Congress.
That includes a comprehensive advanced nuclear blueprint recognized in Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Lisa Murkowski’s Nuclear Energy Leadership Act; an effort by Reed to update the tax code to provide more parity for clean and reliable power; a broad bipartisan effort to expand pipelines and other carbon capture, storage and utilization infrastructure; and a continuation of the heightened investments and direction for DOE clean energy research, development and deployment efforts.
“Voters wisely sent back to Congress several GOP clean energy leaders who will be needed now more than ever to continue championing aggressive and pragmatic expansion of clean and reliable power,” ClearPath Action Fund Founder Jay Faison said. “These and other Republicans were among those leading significant action this Congress to incentivize a clean energy economy. Thankfully, their actions often earned broad support across the ideological aisle and I expect that to continue in the next Congress regardless of which party is in control.”
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