Energy Rules Get Expiration Dates in Bold Reset Move
Published Date: 4/15/2025
Presidential Document
Summary
The government is hitting the reset button on energy rules to spark fresh innovation and growth. Agencies that oversee energy must now add expiration dates to their regulations, forcing regular check-ins to keep rules fair and up-to-date. This change affects energy producers and aims to cut costly, outdated red tape starting right away, helping Americans enjoy more affordable and modern energy.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Automatic Sunsets for Energy Regulations
If you are an energy producer or business regulated by the listed agencies, those energy regulations will get automatic ‘‘Conditional Sunset Dates.’' Agencies must issue a sunset rule by September 30, 2025; existing Covered Regulations will expire 1 year after that sunset rule unless the agency extends them, and new Covered Regulations must include a sunset date no more than 5 years out. Agencies must not enforce regulations that have ceased to be effective and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, must remove them from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Which Agencies and Laws Are Covered
The order applies to EPA, Department of Energy (DoE), FERC, NRC, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, BLM, BOEM, BSEE, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It applies to regulations issued under many named statutes, for example the Atomic Energy Act (DoE and NRC), the Energy Policy Acts, the Federal Power Act and Natural Gas Act (FERC), the Outer Continental Shelf Act (BOEM and BSEE), and the Endangered Species Act and other fish and wildlife statutes (FWS).
Permitting Regimes Are Exempted
The order does not apply to regulatory permitting regimes that are authorized by statute, so statutory permitting processes are excluded from the sunset requirements in this order.
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