We’re doing something a little different this week. Welcome to the first-ever episode of the Energy Bad Boys Podcast.
You can listen to this podcast episode here on Substack or watch the video below on YouTube.
On June 28th, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo case that has major ramifications for the ability of executive agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency to write new regulations.
In this decision, the Court overruled a long-standing precedent called the Chevron Doctrine, which gave regulatory agencies broad powers to interpret statutes. This deference incentivized executive agencies to employ overly creative interpretations of existing statutes to enact policies that did not have the support of Congress, like the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan.
While we are very interested in what the death of Chevron means for the EPA’s ability to enact new regulations, we are not legal experts.
So, we asked our friend Justin Schwab, a regulatory attorney who founded the CGCN law practice and served as Deputy General Counsel at EPA from 2017-2019, to explain everything you need to know about the life and death of the Chevron Doctrine maiden voyage of the podcast.
Enjoy!
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What is a Real RTO? by : It seems there is a pattern that electricity prices are rising in “blue state” RTOs faster than “red state” RTOs.
Here We Go Again… by : The Penguin writes another great piece about the disappearing wind and solar resources of Alberta.
Pew Research: Even Democrats Think We Should Still Use Fossil Fuels by : “Since 2020, the share of Republicans who say they prioritize developing renewable energy over expanding fossil fuels is down 27 percentage points, from 65% to 38%. There has been a corresponding 26-point increase in the share of Republicans who give priority to developing oil, coal, and natural gas (from 35% to 61%).”
Hell yeah.
The Life and Death of the Chevron Doctrine