1. Post-election update
What to expect in energy policy, politics and leadership in NH and beyond
November 19, 2016
Local Energy Solutions Conference

2. State

3. Federal

4. “If you look at the energy and climate policies of Donald Trump based on his statements during the campaign, they come closest to the national policies of Nicaragua, North Korea and Syria”
Eric Roston, Bloomberg

5. Executive Appointments: CEQ, DOE, USDA, EPA (Myron Ebell), other
Executive Orders: Rescind prior executive orders, e.g , “Federal Leadership on Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability”
Rescind, suspend regulatory proceedings, e.g. regulation of methane leakage from natural gas extraction
Treaties, international agreements, e.g. Paris Climate Agreement
Budget priorities, FY2017 (February)
Legislative initiatives (via Congress), e.g. withdraw Clean Power Plan, Energy Tax Reform – “First 100 Days Agenda”
“…… lift the restrictions on the production of $50 trillion dollars' worth of job-producing American energy reserves, including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal”
“lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital energy infrastructure projects, like the Keystone Pipeline, to move forward”
“cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America's water and environmental infrastructure”
Executive

6. LEGISLATIVE Committee Chairmanships Policy
Senate ENR (Murkowski), EPW (Capito), Finance (Hatch), Ag, Appropriations
House Ag, ENR, Natural Resources, Science, Ways and Means, Appriopriations
Policy
Nothing in Lame Duck except CR
Comprehensive tax reform, including energy (Wyden?)
Extension of renewable energy credits (solar ITC, wind PTC in place from 2015 Omnibus)
Clean Power Plan
Energy Bill (Shaheen-Portman)- will be bill, but will look different
EPA authority, funding
Federal lands energy development
LEGISLATIVE

7. JOBS and opportunity in clean technology economy – do we want China to become climate leader and steal our jobs?
International alienation over pulling out of Paris
Fortune 500 companies restating commitment to climate goals
Role of the courts
Role of the states as laboratories for innovation
“To every action, an equal and opposite reaction”
ReasonS to be HOPEFUL