{"id":274764,"date":"2023-08-21T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274764"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:34:27","slug":"dismantle-the-inflation-reduction-act-cei-letter-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274764","title":{"rendered":"Dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act! (CEI letter to Congress)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Master<\/strong>Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has been a consistent voice for classical liberalism in energy and climate for several decades. CEI stays scholarly on the intellectual front (thank Marlo Lewis et al.) and activist on the policy front. The latest from the lean, pound-for-pound, heavy hitting think tank (letter<\/a>\u00a0of August 16, 2023) follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Members of Congress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the first anniversary of enactment of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the undersigned organizations strongly urge you to ensure that the IRA\u2019s Green New Deal-type policies quickly come to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recognize that in the next year complete repeal of the IRA\u2019s harmful energy and environmental provisions is unlikely. However, clear and tangible legislative changes that make genuine progress towards that goal are realistic and expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRA proponents will today be celebrating the bill\u2019s passage. But we don\u2019t think that a centrally planned shift to unreliable and more costly electricity, governmental efforts to reduce consumer choices, and the creation of massive handouts to special interests is in any way worth celebrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Congressional Budget Office projected the IRA\u2019s \u201cgreen\u201d subsidies to cost $391 billion; however, the total costs could be as high as $1.2 trillion, based on a more recent analysis by Goldman Sachs. As the House Ways and Means Committee explained, \u201c[T]he main reason for the massive price tag jump is that the taxpayer funded subsidies for green energy are being claimed by large corporations, foreign competitors, and wealthy taxpayers at a much higher rate than anticipated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This cronyism and irresponsible spending are reason enough to dismantle the subsidies. Yet they are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the IRA\u2019s problems. Even more alarming are the IRA\u2019s provisions empowering the government to transform how energy is produced and used in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans shouldn\u2019t have to worry about whether their lights will turn on when they flick the switch. Yet this is what will happen as the government seeks to force a shift away from reliable sources of electricity and towards unreliable sources. Nor should Americans have to deal with the artificially-inflated energy prices that will be the inevitable result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heavy-handedness of the law doesn\u2019t stop there. It presumes that the government should limit what kinds of cars Americans can buy and the types of appliances they can use. The push for electric vehicles (EVs) is especially illuminating. Most Americans don\u2019t want to buy EVs, and for good reason, based on their high costs and long charging times, among other problems.\u00a0 Yet this apparently doesn\u2019t matter, nor do the genuine national security concerns from relying on countries like China for the minerals needed to produce EV batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We commend legislators who have already been fighting to dismantle the \u201cgreen\u201d subsidies in the IRA. Legislators should use all tools available to push back against the law, including policy riders in appropriation bills and Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions of disapproval. It is important to recognize that many IRA programs still have to be implemented through rules that would be subject to the CRA.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also want to draw attention to an issue that even many IRA proponents should be concerned about. Congress passed the IRA \u201cgreen\u201d subsidies to act as carrots and made the deliberate choice to use subsidies, and not regulations, to achieve its objectives. Nonetheless, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ignoring the will of Congress and using IRA subsidies to help justify some of its rules, including its proposed power plant rule. We would hope that there could be a bipartisan effort to ensure that the IRA subsidies (carrots) are not improperly being used to justify regulations (sticks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One year ago, President Biden signed the \u201cInflation Reduction\u201d Act into law. It was legislation that Congress shoved through by narrow majorities in both chambers even though it makes radical and sweeping policy changes affecting the lives of all Americans. Not a single Republican in the House or Senate voted for its passage. We strongly urge Members of the House and Senate to make dismantling the \u201cgreen\u201d subsidies in the IRA one of their top priorities. Legislators should also make it clear to subsidy recipients making decisions relying upon the continuing availability of the subsidies that they do so at their own peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sincerely,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daren Bakst<\/strong>: Director, Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saulius \u201cSaul\u201d Anuzis<\/strong>: President. 60 Plus Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Ortiz<\/strong>: Senior Advisor, Able Americans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Teller<\/strong>: Executive Director, Advancing American Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Droz, Jr<\/strong>.: Founder, Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carla Sands<\/strong>: Vice Chair, Center for Energy & Environment, America First Policy Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil Kerpen<\/strong>: President, American Commitment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Pociask<\/strong>: President & CEO, American\u00a0Consumer Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Isaac<\/strong>: CEO, American Energy Institute\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Manning<\/strong>: President, Americans for Limited Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David T. Stevenson<\/strong>: Director, Center for Energy & Environment, Caesar Rodney Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Ellis<\/strong>: President, Center for a Free Economy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel J. Mitchell<\/strong>: President, Center for Freedom and Prosperity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey Mazzella<\/strong>: President, Center for Individual Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craig Rucker<\/strong>: President, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashley Baker<\/strong>: Director, Public Policy, Committee for Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Stelle<\/strong>: Director, Policy Analysis, Commonwealth Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Kandrach<\/strong>: President, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy<\/p>\nE. Calvin Beisner<\/strong>: President, Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Craig Richardson<\/strong>: President, Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Shepard<\/strong>: Director, Free Enterprise Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Taylor<\/strong>: President, The Heartland Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameron Sholty<\/strong>: Executive Director, Heartland Impact<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario H. Lopez<\/strong>: President, Hispanic Leadership Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred Birnbaum<\/strong>: Director, Legislative Affairs, Idaho Freedom Foundation and Idaho Freedom Action<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandy Gunasekara<\/strong>: Director, Center for Energy and Conservation, Independent Women\u2019s Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Higgins<\/strong>: CEO, Independent Women\u2019s Voice<\/p>\nAndrew Langer<\/strong>: President, Institute for Liberty<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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