Daren Bakst

Washington, D.C.

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)

Director, Center for Energy & Environment and Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute. Views are my own. RT ≠ endorsement

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45Q tax credit could help kill off power plants and reliable electricity

1 week ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst |Ryan Smith

The 45Q tax credit serves as an incentive for power plants and industrial facilities to invest in carbon capture and sequestration/storage. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) expanded the use of this credit. Sen.
CEI's The Surge: Clean Power Plan repeal, CRA resolutions and more

2 weeks ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst |Jacob Tomasulo

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and special updates. Note: This version of The Surge was released to subscribers on June 13, 2025. Some minor edits have been made.
EPA’s decision to allow California to ban new gas-powered cars by 2035 reversed after President Trump signs CRA resolution

2 weeks ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst |Marlo Lewis

California’s green light from the Environmental Protection Agency to ban new gas-powered cars by 2035 was revoked after Congress passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution and President Trump signed it into law today. Two related resolutions were also signed into law. Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Daren Bakst said:“The cars we drive make it possible to easily get to where we need to be, from visiting our family, going to work, to seeing the doctor.
CEI praises EPA Administrator for proposing the repeal of greenhouse gas rule and to amend mercury rule - Competitive Enterprise Institute

2 weeks ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst |Marlo Lewis

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin today announced the forthcoming proposed repeal of the Biden era Clean Power Plan 2.0 rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, along with a proposed repeal of amendments to the controversial 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Daren Bakst, director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment, praised both sensible, urgently needed reforms.
CEI's The Surge: Expert testimony, Spanish blackout, and more

3 weeks ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst |Jacob Tomasulo

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and special updates. Note: This version of The Surge was released to subscribers on May 30, 2025. Some minor edits have been made.
Eight energy policies that reduce competition and increase energy prices

4 weeks ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst

The US Department of Justice’s Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force was accepting comments from the public in part “seeking information about laws and regulations that make it more difficult for businesses to compete effectively, especially in markets that have the greatest impact on American households.” The comment period closed on May 27. One of the identified markets was the energy market.
EPA Should Consider the Harm of Regulating Greenhouse Gases

1 month ago | principia-scientific.com | Daren Bakst

Written by Daren Bakst on May 29, 2025. Posted in Current News Even for the least essential choices we make in our daily lives, such as what we should have for dinner, we consider the pros and cons. Yet, the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t consider the downside of arguably the most consequential type of regulation in American history: greenhouse gas regulation. In Massachusetts v.
Senate votes to rescind the Biden EPA’s California waiver on gas-powered cars

1 month ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst

Today, the Senate voted to rescind the Biden EPA’s waiver allowing California to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. This follows a vote earlier this month in the House, when 35 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the resolution. Once President Trump signs the resolution into law, the EPA waiver will be revoked.
CEI leads coalition backing Senate votes to rescind waivers allowing California to reshape car, truck industry

1 month ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sent a letter to the Senate signed by a coalition of over 50 free market and conservative policy groups supporting Congressional Review Act (CRA) votes to rescind three unwarranted EPA waivers granted to California. Under one waiver, the agency has empowered the state to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The House of Representatives passed its own versions of the CRA resolutions earlier this month.
CEI leads coalition letter supporting Senate CRA votes against EPA California waiver

1 month ago | cei.org | Daren Bakst

Dear Senator:The House recently passed, in a bipartisan manner, three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions rescinding Biden EPA waivers allowing California to reshape the nation’s car and truck industry. This includes the EPA giving California the green light to ban the sale of new gas- powered cars by 2035. The undersigned organizations strongly urge the Senate to follow the lead of the House and protect Americans from this radical Green New Deal agenda to kill off our cars.

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