On the heels of two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that are antagonistic toward fossil fuels, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just finalized its own rule that once again has renewable energy proponents applauding. In a 2-1 vote, the agency is now requiring grid operators to plan and build transmission lines that can support rapidly growing electricity demand at least 20 years into the future.

It is essentially a cloak to advance a political objective. Former Commissioner Bernard McNamee recently stated, “We don’t have a transmission crisis in this country. This is all driven by renewable developers who are frustrated.”

Environmental groups are keen on the idea that this paves the way for a fossil fuel exit. The Sierra Club went so far as to declare at the top of its press statement that “new requirements will . . .. allow for retirement of dirty energy sources.” Earthjustice is completely on board claiming, “inadequate transmission infrastructure has been thwarting the clean energy transition.”

The climate obsessed are driven by an agenda that rids the world of all fossil fuels, even if that means less reliable, less affordable energy.

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