Eric Burlison

06/05/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/05/2025 11:58

Rep. Burlison Reintroduces Reliable Grid Act to Reverse Democrat-Led EPA Assault on U.S. Energy

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Eric Burlison (MO-07) reintroduced the Reliable Grid Act to stop the damage caused by radical Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations pushed under Democratic administrations that have crippled America's power grid and triggered a nationwide energy-reliability crisis.

The bill bars the EPA Administrator from enforcing any regulation that restricts power plant operations or reduces dispatchable power capacity unless the agency can definitively prove it will not compromise the reliability or security of the grid.

"The grid is on the brink because of years of reckless Democrat policies that shut down reliable energy in the name of climate extremism," said Rep. Burlison. "From the Obama-era Clean Power Plan to Biden's absurd 90% carbon-capture rule, these policies were designed to shut down affordable, reliable energy. My Reliable Grid Act puts an end to this madness and stops future radical EPA tyrants from destroying our energy infrastructure."

According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's 2023 Long-Term Reliability Assessment, most of the United States is now at elevated or high risk of blackouts and energy shortfalls. The Reliable Grid Act requires that before the EPA can impose any new regulation on power plants, all affected regions must be rated at "normal risk" by NERC-a standard the agency cannot currently meet due to the damage already inflicted by its past policies.

Industry Support

Alex Epstein, president of the Center for Industrial Progress and creator of Energy Talking Points, issued the following statement in support of the Reliable Grid Act:

"America's grid is in a state of rapidly worsening crisis, with the Federal government and many state governments pursuing a ruinous policy of reducing the supply of reliable power plants through shutdowns and increasing demand for reliable power through EV and other electrification mandates. The crisis is being compounded by new demand from data centers and AI.

I have said for years that the most obvious and urgent step is to pause all new grid-threatening activity by the EPA-the leading force shutting down reliable power plants-until the grid crisis is resolved.

Thankfully, Rep. Eric Burlison has offered a bill, the Reliable Grid Act, that does exactly that. If passed, the Act would stop the premature retirement of reliable generators by the EPA Administrator until the EPA demonstrates it can reliably meet electricity demand without frequent shortages in supply and in capacity safety margins.

I hope the new Congress and Administration takes up the Reliable Grid Act as a top priority. It is a crucial step toward undoing the near-fatal damage the outgoing administration has done to our grid and moving toward a future of abundant, affordable, and ultra-reliable American electricity."

Cosponsor: Rep. Brandon Gill (TX-26)

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