Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with nine state attorneys general, sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources urging full consideration and support for Senate Joint Resolution 10, which would terminate the national energy emergency declared by President Trump in Executive Order 14156.
“There is no energy emergency because the United States already has an abundant, reliable energy system with production at an all-time high,” Raoul said. “I will continue to work with fellow attorneys general to remind citizens in Illinois and around the country that our electricity grid is resilient and well-equipped to maintain, diversify and expand future energy supply, even as energy needs increase.”
In their letter, Raoul and the attorneys general explain that U.S. energy production is thriving, and that the country has been a net energy exporter since 2019. The attorneys general also clarify that extreme weather, not an underproduction of fossil fuels, is the most urgent threat to America’s energy grid. For example, Raoul explains that burning fossil fuels only increases the instances of severe extreme weather that damages the country’s infrastructure and threatens human life.
The so-called energy emergency ignores these scientific realities and undermines efforts to build a resilient, modern energy system. By discouraging a diverse portfolio of energy generation —including home-grown, renewable sources like solar and wind — the emergency declaration puts Americans at greater risk and weakens long-term grid stability.
Raoul and the coalition urge the Senate Committee to approve the resolution because there is no evidence to support an emergency declaration. If left unchecked, the swift deregulation will make the nation’s energy and electricity supply less reliable and less affordable.
Joining Raoul in sending the letter are attorneys general from Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
