A cleaner, sustainable, and prosperous future requires the deployment of new, lower-emission sources of energy, and the expansion and modernization of our aging infrastructure system. Even as Congress has made significant resources available through the Energy Act of 2020, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act, our existing permitting and regulatory approval processes are sidelining resources, stopping projects, and limiting the benefits of those policies. Introduced as S.4753, The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, draws on provisions supported by both sides of the aisle as well as fossil and renewable energy interests and was passed out of committee on July 31, 2024. On August 7, 2024, ConservAmerica hosted a panel to take a closer look at S. 4753.
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Panelists
Alex Herrgott – Alex Herrgott is the President and CEO of The Permitting Institute. In 2018, Alex was appointed as the Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council. Prior to that, he served as Director of Infrastructure, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), where he authored Executive Order 13807: One Federal Decision-Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure Projects. Previously Alex was the Deputy Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Legislative Director for Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), and Director of Transportation and Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Scott Segal – Scott Segal is a Partner at Bracewell and co-chair of the firm’s Policy Resolution Group, the government relations and strategic communications section. He has more than two decades of experience across a broad range of policy and communications issues, with particular experience dealing with energy, the environment and natural resources. He has testified before Congress and administrative agencies numerous times on matters related to energy and environmental policy. Scott taught law, policy development and communications at the University of Maryland (University College) and at Johns Hopkins University. Earlier in his career, he served as director of forensics at the University of Texas at Austin.