{"id":1659376,"date":"2022-09-27T05:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T09:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1659376"},"modified":"2022-09-27T05:34:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T09:34:53","slug":"texas-joins-coalition-demanding-senate-reject-energy-bill-they-say-undermines-states-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-joins-coalition-demanding-senate-reject-energy-bill-they-say-undermines-states-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Joins Coalition Demanding Senate Reject Energy Bill They Say Undermines States\u2019 Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-joins-coalition-demanding-senate-reject-energy-bill-they-say-undermines-states-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1659376&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas has joined a Louisiana-led coalition of 17 state attorneys general opposing a rushed U.S. Senate bill they say would let the Biden administration \u201crun roughshod over states\u2019 rights\u201d by advancing a \u201cradically impractical energy agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the White House sees the legislation as enabling and connecting \u201cclean energy\u201d into the country\u2019s electricity grid.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ken-paxton\">Ken Paxton<\/a> on Monday co-signed a letter to\u00a0Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) opposing the\u00a0Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022, saying it is effectively a back door to the failed Obama-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-clean-power-plan\">Clean Power Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, the bill contains three interrelated provisions that, when taken together, allow private companies and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to eviscerate states\u2019 ability to chart their own land-use and energy policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, it would authorize private companies to use eminent domain against state land. Second, it would authorize FERC to command utilities to construct entirely new transmission facilities whenever and wherever FERC deems necessary,\u201d the letter states (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/executive-management\/Energy%20and%20Security%20Act%20Letter.pdf\">pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd third, it would authorize companies to spread costs of constructing new transmission facilities onto residents of other states, requiring citizens of one state to subsidize the agenda of politicians and bureaucrats in other states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under eminent domain, a governmental authority can seize property from a\u00a0private or public\u00a0owner for public purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s office said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/paxton-sends-letter-us-senate-demanding-rejection-bill-would-undermine-states-authority-and-american\">statement<\/a> that this would allow the Biden administration, largely through the FERC, to \u201crun roughshod over states\u2019 rights by advancing a radically impractical energy agenda, all while forcing taxpayers to foot the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary\u00a0Karine Jean-Pierre said on Sept. 21 that the legislation, which she said will boost America\u2019s ability to get clean energy built and connected to the grid, has the support of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, far too many energy projects face delays\u2014keeping us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas has joined a Louisiana-led coalition of 17 state attorneys general opposing a rushed U.S. Senate bill they say would let the Biden administration \u201crun roughshod over states\u2019 rights\u201d by advancing a \u201cradically impractical energy agenda.\u201d Meanwhile, the White House sees the legislation as enabling and connecting \u201cclean energy\u201d into the country\u2019s electricity grid. 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