Energy, Environment and Agriculture

Issue Areas: Infrastructure, Regulatory Reform, Agriculture, Environmental Stewardship, Energy, Transportation

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Upcoming Meeting

2026 States & Nation Policy Summit

December 11th, 2026 9:15am - 12:15pm Eastern

  • Call to Order
  • Task Force Announcements and Subcommittee Report
  • New Member Introductions
  • Speaker: State Ag and Rural Leaders
  • Speaker: Developing Sound Energy Policy in the Era of AI and Emerging Technology
  • Speaker: Emerging Issues in Business and Public Policy
  • Speaker: Judicial Update
  • Legislator panel discussion
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: Consumer Portable Energy Freedom Act
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: Renewable Energy Decommissioning Act
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: Expanding Prescribed Fire On Private Lands
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: The Grid Utilization Assessment Act
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: The Advanced Transmission Technologies Act
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: The Surplus Interconnection Service Act
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: Equal Protection for Energy Act
  • Consideration of New Model Policy: Rural County Property Rights and Accountable Land Use Governance Act
  • Amendments to Existing Model Policy: Amendments to Electric Generation Facility Closures and Reliability Act
  • Task Force Leadership Transition

Personnel

Lora Current
Lora Current Director
Jake Morabito
Jake Morabito Staff
Rep. Phil Green
Rep. Phil Green Public Chair
Matthew Kiessling
Matthew Kiessling Private Chair

Model Policies

Draft Equal Protection for Energy Act

Section 1: Legislative Findings and Intent.The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) Access to reliable, affordable, and diverse energy sources is essential to the…

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The Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force operates under the principles of free-market environmentalism, that is to promote the mutually beneficial link between a robust economy and a healthy environment, to unleash the creative powers of the free market for environmental stewardship, and to enhance the quality and use of our natural and agricultural resources for the benefit of human health and well-being.

The Task Force works to develop model policy in a wide variety of issue areas, including energy, public lands, chemical regulation, agricultural technology, regulatory reform, air and water quality, federal-state relations, environmental health, waste management, rural development, and property rights.

The Task Force launched the EPA Regulatory Train Wreck Initiative to ensure states remain the first among equals with the federal government on environmental regulation. In addition, ALEC’s efforts are intended to maintain the important balance of rational environmental protection with economic progress. The initiative focuses on pending and proposed EPA regulations and the cooperative federalism intent of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.