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Bernard L. McNamee
Bernard L. McNamee is an energy and regulatory attorney with a major law firm and was formerly a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is also the Street Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the Appalachian School of Law. In addition to serving as a Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner, McNamee has served in various senior policy and legal positions throughout his career, including at the U.S. Department of Energy, for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, and for Virginia Governor George Allen. McNamee also served four attorneys general in two states (Virginia and Texas).
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Major recommendations in those chapters
- 12 · 365 Repeal the IIJA and IRA and rescind their unspent funds Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 366 Rename DOE the Department of Energy Security and Advanced Science Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 369 Eliminate DOE special-interest funding programs including OCED, ARPA-E, and OGD Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 372 Fund new nuclear warheads and plutonium pit production Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 372 Expand the Navy and develop new nuclear naval reactors Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 372 Amend the DOE Organization Act, IIJA, IRA, and CHIPS and Science Act Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 374 Eliminate all DOE applied energy programs, including the Office of Electricity's Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 379 Eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 379 Repeal the law mandating appliance energy efficiency standards Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 385 Eliminate ARPA-E Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 397 Restart the Yucca Mountain licensing process Not started
- 12 · 399 Develop new warheads for each leg of the nuclear triad Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 399 Reject ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Needs Congress Not started
- 12 · 402 Repeal subsidies for electric generation resources Needs Congress Not started
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