Much of Upton’s plan for a new “architecture of abundance” will be grating to the renewables industry.
His vision calls for the US to drop many of the policies it adopted as a result of energy shortages during the 1970s, and instead embrace its newfound energy wealth – including unleashing “energy diplomacy” on the world.
Upton – who accepts climate change is happening but not that it is man-made – also calls for huge investments in energy infrastructure, particularly transmission and distribution (including the controversial Keystone XL pipeline); the continued build-up of a “diverse” electricity generation base, including renewables, coal and nuclear; and more innovation in the energy and energy-efficiency spaces.
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