In an industry that values predictability, Trump’s election threw a number of power sector expectations into question. Whereas the paradigm in the utility industry previously pointed to Clean Power Plan compliance and deeper decarbonization, Trump has disavowed human causation on climate change and promised to gut EPA regulations while supporting the fossil fuel industry.
Throughout much of the conference, regulators and other industry watchers tested theories on how the president-elect will handle energy policy, but all added the caveat that Trump’s unpredictable campaign means any concrete policy predictions could easily be wrong.
