American Legislative Exchange Council Adopts Energy Security ARC Model
4 hours ago
By Tim Benson
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s draft model legislation, which bills itself as a “common sense energy agenda for the future,” has now become official model policy.
The Affordable, Reliable and Clean Energy Security Act (Energy Security-ARC) states: “Energy Security is paramount to economic growth. Energy Security that is Affordable, Reliable, and Clean leads to prosperity for our families and communities.” The legislation was drafted by ALEC’s Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force.
According to ALEC, member-submitted draft model policies such as Energy Security-ARC are “discussed, debated, and voted on by ALEC task force members. Policies that receive final approval by legislators on the ALEC Board of Directors become official ALEC model policy.” The model policy is then disseminated to policymakers across the country in the hope that it will eventually be introduced in, and adopted by, state legislatures.
Energy Security-ARC has four sections. The first calls for energy security, declaring that a fuel source “must be primarily produced domestically within the United States,” and that the “infrastructure necessary to deliver energy to the customer should minimize reliance on foreign nations for critical materials or manufacturing.”
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