White House Acts to Repeal and Revise Federal Regulations

On April 9, 2025, the White House issued a new Executive Order and a new Presidential Memorandum regarding regulatory reform and repeal.

Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy requires ten agencies and subagencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to insert a one-year expiration date into existing energy regulations. This order introduces zero-based regulatory budgeting (ZBRB) which requires these agencies to justify the necessity of existing regulations governing energy production, effectively starting from a “zero base” and reevaluating all regulatory measures. Regulations deemed unnecessary or overly burdensome may be repealed or revised.

​Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations directs the heads of agencies to enhance economic growth by eliminating regulations deemed unlawful, unnecessary, or overly burdensome. The memorandum mandates that federal agencies review existing energy regulations, particularly in light of several recent Supreme Court decisions, including Loper, the recent Supreme Court case overturning Chevron deference to administrative agencies. As we have written previously, the Loper decision significantly limits the power of federal regulatory agencies by ending the longstanding practice of courts deferring to agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes. The Presidential Memorandum further directs agencies to repeal those regulations that exceed statutory authority or are otherwise unlawful. This process is intended to streamline regulatory frameworks and reduce compliance costs for businesses, including those in the propane industry.

The propane industry will benefit from the reassessment of unnecessarily costly and onerous regulations as well as the withdrawal of regulations that do not promote energy neutrality.

Continuing to actively engage and meet with these agencies is a top priority of NPGA’s to ensure that the interests of the propane industry are represented during the implementation of these regulatory changes. For further information, contact Director of Regulatory Affairs and Associate General Counsel Kate Gaziano.