Nominees Offer Fossil Fuel-Heavy Policy Focus, Dodge IRA Fund Queries

The Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Energy and Interior departments are offering early insight into their energy policy priorities, including a renewed commitment to advance offshore drilling, tepid support for renewables or transmission upgrades, and hedged responses to Democrats’ concerns about funding and personnel cuts. During an April 2 nomination hearing by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Deputy Energy Secretary nominee James Danly argued for an increase in “baseload generation” to meet projections of increased...