Out Of 300 Trump Energy Moves, These 10 Actions Changed The Game
Pulled from IER’s 300-item list, these are the decisions that powered America’s energy reset.
by Thomas Richard, CCD Editor February 25, 2026, 9:54 AM
The Institute for Energy Research recently published a running tally of 300 actions the Trump administration and congressional Republicans say they’ve taken to “unleash America’s energy potential.”
It’s exhaustive. It’s chronological. And it reads like a compliance report.
But governing isn’t about racking up entries in a ledger.
Culled from that 300-item inventory, here are ten decisions that shifted the trajectory of U.S. energy policy — the ones that changed incentives, restructured authority, or moved markets.
Not the small-bore memos. The consequential plays.
1. Day-One Reset: “Unleashing American Energy”
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