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If you happen to peruse Joe Biden’s campaign website, you will find a laundry list of “Biden Plans” for everything from ending racism to reintroducing the failed Cash for Clunkers program for electric vehicles. Among these patently ridiculous proposals sits a seemingly innocuous promise to “establish a technology-neutral Energy Efficiency and Clean Electricity Standard (EECES) for utilities and grid operators.” But behind its sweet sounding title, creating a national EECES could prove to be a disaster for the energy sector.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the so-called “Green Real Deal” resolution put forth by Rep. Matthew Gaetz (R-Fla.), Patrick Hedger, FreedomWorks’ Director of Policy, commented: