NPGA Responds to President’s Executive Order on State Energy Overreach

Earlier this month, the White House issued a new Executive Order, “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach.” The Executive Order instructs the U.S. Attorney General to identify state and local laws, regulations, and policies that burden the production and use of domestic energy resources, such as propane, and are unconstitutional, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable. 

In response to this White House directive, NPGA has compiled an extensive list of state and local actions for the Attorney General to review and consider challenging. In all, NPGA identified 139 potentially illegal laws, regulations, ordinances, policies, executive orders, and actions across 28 states and the District of Columbia that disincentivize the use of American propane and create an environment hostile to future industry investment.

Steve Kaminski, NPGA’s President & Chief Executive Officer, has spearheaded the Association’s response to President Trump’s Executive Order. “NPGA applauds President Trump for his commitment to unleash American energy and for recognizing that numerous states and municipalities have illegally overstepped Federal law in pursuing their anti-gas ambitions,” stated Kaminski. “Vigorous application of the legal system, including by the U.S. Attorney General’s office, is sorely needed to ensure that state and local rules do not violate Federal law protecting energy neutrality.  NPGA has provided the Attorney General a roadmap to achieve the President’s goal and has offered NPGA’s unwavering assistance in achieving it.”

For more information, contact NPGA’s Senior Director of State Affairs, Jacob Peterson.