Excerpts from Congressional hearings on gas and oil subsidies (1973)

energy policy
Published

July 5, 2024

On July 7, the Trump Administration issued a new Executive Order doubling down on the clean energy subsidies that were rolled back in OBBB just a few days earlier.

For too long, the Federal Government has forced American taxpayers to subsidize expensive and unreliable energy sources like wind and solar. The proliferation of these projects displaces affordable, reliable, dispatchable domestic energy sources, compromises our electric grid, and denigrates the beauty of our Nation’s natural landscape.

On LinkedIn, Rory Huntley put together this chart showing the history of U.S. energy subsidies.