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Bernard L. McNamee

xix Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“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).”

In government

No executive-branch post found in a search on Aug 27, 2026. Senate nominations and White House appointments watched since, through Oct 16, 2026.

Bylined chapters

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Repeal the IIJA and IRA and rescind their unspent funds Needs Congress Partially done
  2. Rename DOE the Department of Energy Security and Advanced Science Needs Congress Not started
  3. Eliminate DOE special-interest funding programs including OCED, ARPA-E, and OGD Needs Congress Partially done
  4. Fund new nuclear warheads and plutonium pit production Needs Congress Done
  5. Expand the Navy and develop new nuclear naval reactors Needs Congress Partially done
  6. Amend the DOE Organization Act, IIJA, IRA, and CHIPS and Science Act Needs Congress Partially done
  7. Eliminate all DOE applied energy programs, including the Office of Electricity's Needs Congress Attempted
  8. Eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Needs Congress Partially done
  9. Repeal the law mandating appliance energy efficiency standards Needs Congress Partially done
  10. Eliminate ARPA-E Needs Congress Not started
  11. Restart the Yucca Mountain licensing process Not started
  12. Develop new warheads for each leg of the nuclear triad Needs Congress Done
  13. Reject ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Needs Congress Partially done
  14. Repeal subsidies for electric generation resources Needs Congress Partially done

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