Conservative Energy and Environment Priorities for 2025

Introduction

The Conservative Energy and Environment Priorities for 2025 white paper, authored by C3 Solutions and R Street, outlines a market-driven, innovation-focused approach to energy and environmental policy under a Republican-led government. It emphasizes the need for economic freedom, regulatory reform, and private-sector leadership in advancing clean energy and sustainability. The paper critiques heavy-handed government mandates and subsidies, advocating instead for policies that encourage investment, innovation, and competition. It highlights the role of natural gas, permitting reform, and emissions transparency in achieving both economic and environmental goals. Additionally, it calls for a pragmatic foreign climate policy that prioritizes American economic interests while fostering global cooperation through reciprocal agreements. The white paper presents a vision where free markets, technological advancements, and strategic policymaking drive a cleaner, more prosperous future.



Energy‑Only, Not Energy‑Never: A Better Path for Generator Interconnection

Many American power plants are stuck in a dysfunctional express lane. Energy Resource Interconnection Service, or ERIS was created to give generating facilities a faster, leaner way to connect to the grid without waiting in the main queue. Instead, in many markets, ​​ERIS today places fast-trackers on the same slow schedule as projects in the main line. When new, highly competitive generation cannot be connected to the grid in a timely way, a key affordability and efficiency opportunity is left on the table.

Red State Freedom Is Better for the Environment Than European Green Socialism

This article first appeared on National Review (www.nationalreview.com).

DOE’s Transmission Needs Study Is Out. These Principles Should Guide the Policy

Electricity rates are rising faster than inflation and are felt by households across America. After decades of flat electricity demand, the country is experiencing significant load growth, driven by hyperscale AI data centers, resurgent domestic manufacturing, and the steady electrification of buildings and vehicles. The need for new energy generation is growing as utilities aim to bring new natural gas, clean firm, and renewable capacity online over the next few years to keep power affordable and reliable. Importantly, this also means upgrading and expanding the country’s transmission infrastructure. Recently, the Department of Energy released the draft of its National Transmission Needs Study, the triennial, congressionally commissioned report on the state of the nation’s high-voltage backbone.

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