JAMES MCGAUGH

EPA rulemakings (current and proposed) affecting electric and gas utilities, including but not limited to: ozone and particulate matter transport; other matters relating to greenhouse gases and upstream and downstream natural gas impacts and emissions such as methane, including the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (Docket 3 of 6 EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0875) the Green House Gas Reduction Fund (Docket EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0859); the Low Emissions Electricity Program & GHG Corporate Reporting (Docket 6 of 6 EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0878); the GHG Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants (Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072); and the Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review (Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0317-1460) Federal policy relating to climate change, including a price on carbon emissions, a cap-and-trade/cap and dividend program, and/or a carbon border adjustment. Federal policy relating to siting and permitting reform, including H.R. 1 Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibilities Act; S. 1399, Building American Energy Security Act; S. 1456, Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources Act; S.1449, Revitalizing the Economy by Simplifying Timelines and Assuring Regulatory Transparency Act; H.R. 1335, Transparency, Accountability, Permitting, and Production of American Resources Act; Federal policy relating to vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards including the Final Rule for Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles (Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0829); and the Final Rule for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles - Phase 3 (Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0985). Federal policy relating to the use of gas stoves, including S. 1043, Natural GAS Act; H.R.1640, Save Our Gas Stoves Act; Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces (Docket EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031).

Onshore and offshore energy infrastructure, including: electric and natural gas transmission projects; supply-side alternatives to construction of interstate pipeline capacity; electric system resilience and reliability; New York and New England energy efficiency and electrification projects; regional economic development projects in New York and New England; New York and New England severe weather events and customer impacts including federal reimbursement of storm damage costs; wholesale electricity markets; electric transmission needs driven by electrification; physical and cyber security of electric delivery infrastructure; development of onshore wind and solar generation, energy storage, and transmission to connect renewables; development of offshore transmission and wind generation; and distribution rate cases in New York and Massachusetts. Federal policy relating to extreme weather impacting the New York and New England region, particularly utilities restoration and reliability improvement efforts. Federal policy relating to wholesale electric market development, including: FERC policies and decisions regarding capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets in New York and New England, and regulatory policy affecting electric transmission development, planning, transmission rates (including rates incentives reviewed and approved by FERC), advanced transmission technologies, reliability of fuel supplies for electric generation resources, large-scale renewable electric generation, and retirement of electric and nuclear generation facilities. Also including H.R.5551/S.2827 BIG WIRES ACT, Department of Energys Proposed Rule Coordination of Federal Authorizations for Electric Transmission Facilities (Docket No. DOE-HQ-2023-0050). Federal policy related to environmental siting and permitting for energy infrastructure, including H.R. 3746 Fiscal Responsibilities Act; Promoting Efficient and Engaged Reviews (PEER) Act; H.R. 6747 Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023. Federal policy relating to the pathway to meet state economy-wide net-zero greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by 2050; National Grids Fossil Free Vision and the important role for hydrogen and renewable natural gas in decarbonization efforts. Federal policy relating to energy efficiency, including the Department of Energys Energy Conservation Standards rulemakings for Consumer Furnaces (Docket EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031) and Distribution Transformers (Docket EERE-2019-BT-STD-0018); the Affordable Home Energy Shot; weatherization programs; the Department of Energys National Definition for a Zero Emissions Building (DE-FOA-0003257). Federal policy related to workforce development in the energy industry Federal policy relating to the development of the domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry Implementation of H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act (provisions relating to the power sector). Implementation of H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (provisions relating to power sector). H.R. 2670 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (provisions relating to the power sector).

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