Hi Dana, so we had our lobby meeting with a staffer and she reported her boss opposes EPRA because it tethers dirty energy production to clean energy production. I told her about a WSJ article I read that noted that oil drillers are not planning on expanding production in the short term because the demand isn't there and they're concerned the Capex won't deliver the returns needed for the investment. So even if the leases are opened because of EPRA they won't be drilling due to market conditions. None of this seemed to move her and I didn't know EPRA well enough to show her clear evidence that it doesn't require 1 BTU of fossil fuel extraction for every BTU of clean energy extraction, but that's the understanding we came away with. Can you respond to this line of reasoning? Thanks.
Hi @Bernard Seeger. I can only assume she's talking about federal land leases for oil & gas being tied to clean energy leases. That's really not a big deal, especially since the Trump administration is going to lease a bunch of federal land to fossil fuel companies regardless whether or not EPRA passes. Meanwhile clean energy is going to be constrained by a lack of transmission without the permitting reforms included in the bill.
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