A group of nearly 20 Republican attorneys general wrote a letter to Senate leadership Monday arguing against Democrats' permitting reform legislation unveiled by Sen. Joe Manchin.
A coalition of 18 Republican states wrote a letter to Senate leadership Monday, announcing their opposition toThe states' attorneys general, led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, argued in the letter that the Energy Independence and Security Act — whichunveiled last week — would strip states of the authority to regulate their own power grids. The states also ripped the deal for being rushed, not allowing the public to understand its provisions or costs.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is pictured in Richmond, Virginia. He is among a group of 18 GOP attorneys general to oppose Sen. Joe Manchin's proposed bill. Manchin's office said the legislation shortens the timeline for environmental analyses of various energy projects, a process that often delays much-needed projects, requires the president to prioritize reviews of "strategically important energy and mineral projects," "modernizes"and green-lights the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a West Virginia-to-Virginia natural gas pipeline that is under construction.
"These provisions eviscerate state sovereign authority, commandeer companies to carry out the will of a three-vote majority of FERC Commissioners, undermine the power of each citizen’s vote to decide policies at the state level, and inevitably force the citizens of our states to subsidize the costs of expensive and unreliable energy policy preferences of California and New York," the letter stated.
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