WITH ELECTRICITY COSTS RISING NATIONWIDE, HEINRICH LEADS LETTER WITH WYDEN, VAN HOLLEN, AND ROSEN IN CALLING ON BURGUM TO REVOKE JULY DIRECTIVE BLOCKING NEW, CHEAPER ENERGY FROM THE GRID

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:

Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum to rescind a July 15th, 2025, directive that requires solar and wind projects have his personal approval.

Heinrich has vocally opposed the Trump administration's actions that slow-walk clean energy project approvals on public lands, stating (https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/22gw-renewables-under-trump-blockade) that "the cheapest electrons that we can put i...