The United States Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy plans to release a number of reports throughout the remainder of the election season exploring the possible implications of implementation of energy policies proposed during the campaign. The “Energy Accountability Series” reports will not seek to “fact check” candidates but rather to “step back to better understand (and quantify where possible) the real-world, economy-wide consequences of living in a world in which candidates’ rhetoric on critical energy issues were to become reality.”
The group is urging voters to take candidates at their word and seriously consider the impacts of the policies offered. “A candidate’s views and the things they say and do to win the support of interest groups have a real impact on how policy is shaped, and ultimately implemented. That is especially true on energy issues today, as groups continue to advance a ‘Keep It In the Ground’ agenda that, if adopted, would force our country to surrender the enormous domestic benefits and clear, global competitive advantages that increased energy development here at home have made possible,” according to a release issued last week.