Power Grid Operators Say Congress Needs to Buttress Trump’s Energy Orders

Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.V.) told nearly 2,200 regional utility directors that there is bipartisan momentum to advance the president’s goals.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) addresses the National Association of Regional Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Winter Policy Summit at the Westin Washington, D.C. City Center hotel on Feb. 24, 2025. John Haughey/Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring an “energy crisis” has set a clear course for federal agencies to ramp up energy production, but congressional action is needed to make it more than a temporary fix, industry leaders said this week at a Washington conference.

The biggest problem bedeviling the grid is “regulatory certainty,” CGNN Group CEO Michael Catanzaro told utility directors and state regulators on Monday while attending the National Association of Regional Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Winter Summit at The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center.