The U.S. Department of Energy will focus on growing baseload and dispatchable generation to meet growing electricity demand, DOE Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday in an order outlining the department’s priorities under the Trump administration.
“We must … permit and build energy infrastructure and remove barriers to progress, including federal policies that make it too easy to stop projects and far too difficult to complete projects,” Wright said.
DOE will focus on adding energy resources, not taking them away, according to Wright, who was confirmed by the Senate on Monday. “Net-zero policies raise energy costs for American families and businesses, threaten the reliability of our energy system, and undermine our energy and national security,” Wright said. “They have also achieved precious little in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.”
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