Press Releases

WASHINGTON DC (10/27/22) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, released it's annual Congressional Scorecard last week.  The AEA scorecard scores voting and co-sponsorship decisions on legislation affecting energy and environmental policy, educating voters on how their senators vote and holding members accountable for those decisions.  This year’s Senate scorecard compiles 28 votes and 1...

WASHINGTON DC (10/19/2022) – This week, the American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, released its American Energy Scorecard for the current Senate and the House of Representatives.

The American Energy Scorecard is guided by the following core principles:

• Promoting affordable, abundant, and reliable energy
• Expanding economic opportunity and prosperity, particularly for working families and those on fixed...

Governor Youngkin rejects unnecessary regressive energy tax.

WASHINGTON DC (08/31/2022) – This morning, the Youngkin Administration in Virginia reaffirmed its commitment to exiting the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Acting Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, Travis Voyles, appeared in front of a meeting of the State Air Pollution Control Board to reiterate the Governor’s commitment to exiting the program, and to doing so in a manner that maintains...

Billions in handouts and subsidies for corporations and other special interests.

WASHINGTON DC (08/16/2022) – Today, President Biden is returning to the White House to sign the Inflation Reduction Act, a spending package that Democrats pushed through Congress using the budget reconciliation process. The bill will cost an estimated $437 billion, with $369 billion allocated for investments in what Democrats are calling "energy security and climate change."

The bill is full of...

Chief Justice Roberts Writes for a Six-Justice Majority in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency

WASHINGTON DC (06/30/2022) – Today, the Supreme Court decided West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the Court's opinion concluding that the EPA lacks broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act.

AEA Director of Policy and Federal Affairs Kenny Stein issued the following...

Americans need real regulatory reform, not empty gestures.

WASHINGTON DC (06/22/2022) – Earlier today, President Joe Biden called for temporarily suspending the federal gasoline tax, asking lawmakers to pass a three-month pause on the federal 18-percent-per-gallon tax.

This continues his administration's routine of offering empty gestures to Americans who are struggling with record-high energy prices. Since President Biden took office, his administration and Congressional...

A bipartisan group of senators is promoting a new national tax on energy while Americans are struggling with record-high energy prices.

WASHINGTON DC (06/06/2022) – This week, American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, launched a five-figure digital advocacy initiative pushing back against efforts by a small group of U.S. Senators to enact a new national energy tax.

Despite the fact...

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 19, 2022) This week, Democrats in the House of Representatives will try to misdirect voters about the source of high energy prices. Rather than taking on the policies of the Biden administration, which are the actual cause of more expensive energy, the House will take up legislation about a phantom cause: “price gouging.” The bill, H.R. 7688, is named the “Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act,” and it would give the President vast powers to set price...

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 12, 2022)  Today, President Biden announced an emergency waiver that will allow E15 gasoline to be sold on a temporary basis from June 1 to September 15.  The White House estimates that the E15 blend will save consumers 10 cents per gallon compared to the E10 blend, however, this does not account for the lower energy content of the fuel.  Additionally, E15 is only sold at about 2,300 gas stations nationwide, which is less than 2 percent of the total gas stations in...

The Time is Now for the Administration to Act to Ease the Pain at the Pump

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 5, 2022) This week, American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, launched an advocacy initiative calling on President Biden and his administration to stop sending mixed signals when it comes to energy production in America.

American drivers have been paying record-high prices at the pump, but President Biden ...