Power
Trump Invokes Defense Production Act Across Oil, Gas, Coal, LNG, and the Grid in Five Simultaneous Determinations
President Trump signed five Section 303 Defense Production Act determinations on April 20, each directing the Secretary of Energy to use federal purchases, loans, and commitments to expand a different piece of the US fossil-fuel and electric-grid supply chain. All five waive the statute's standard review-and-approval gates, citing the national energy emergency Trump declared on his first day in office.
