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Today we had the pleasure of hosting the team from Cornerstone Government Affairs for an engaging discussion on energy policy and the upcoming US Presidential Election with Jack Belcher, Principal, John Sandell, Principal, and Sarah Venuto, Principal and Counsel. Cornerstone is an independent bipartisan consulting firm specializing in federal and state government relations, public affairs, political and grant consulting, and business advisory services. Jack, John and Sarah are seasoned experts in navigating the complexities of Washington DC. Jack has over 30 years of experience in energy and energy policy and previously held roles as Manager of Regulatory Affairs and Policy at Shell and Staff Director for the US House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. John is an expert in tax policy and formerly served the members of the US House Committee on Ways and Means. Sarah previously served as Director of the Office of External Affairs at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Senior Advisor and Chief Counsel to Senator Joe Manchin, and Democratic Staff Director for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. We were thrilled to connect with the Cornerstone team to explore this timely and important topic. Our conversation centered on a report Cornerstone published entitled “A Guide to Forecasting Energy Policy In The Next White House: Trump V. Harris” (linked here). Jack first provides background on Cornerstone's history and growth into the largest independent government relations firm in DC. We touch on the implications of the Chevron Deference case on regulatory agencies, its significance for future energy policy and regulation, and how it will impact Congress and the need for additional technical expertise there. We cover the complexities of Presidential Administration changes and challenges of transitioning political appointments, the future of the Inflation Reduction Act under different administrations, and efforts to streamline permitting and infrastructure development. Jack, John and Sarah offer their insights on how a Trump or Harris administration might approach energy policy and rising energy prices for businesses and consumers. We discuss areas of bipartisan support including nuclear energy, tariffs, alternative fuels, and competition with China, how the next administration might balance state-level initiatives with national policy, the upcoming 2025 Tax Debate led by the Ways and Means Committee, and much more. It was an insightful discussion and we want to thank Jack, John and Sarah for sharing their perspectives and time with us on a busy day in DC. Mike Bradley opened the conversation by highlighting that broader equity markets were down Tuesday driven by JPMorgan Chase's cautious comments. In the bond market, the 10-year U.S. bond yield traded at ~3.65, down 20-30bps in recent weeks. The U.S. 2yr/10yr yield bond spread flipped back to positive after two years of inversion, this type of flip after a lengthy period of backwardation tends to precede recessions. He noted the importance of this week's economic reports with August CPI & PPI and Initial Jobless Claims reporting over the next couple of days. On crude oil, he also shared a chart of the WTI crude oil curve and noted that the curve structure had flattened out through 2035, primarily due to concerns over global/China oil demand after being in steep backwardation over the prior 3mo, 6mo & 12mo periods. He concluded by mentioning that crude oil prices were technically oversold, with traders remaining bearish but waiting for significant changes in global oil demand to unwind net short bets. Jeff Tillery built on Mike's comments and noted the demand concerns and OPEC's spare capacity reducing upside optionality for long-term investors. Brett Rampal highlighted a significant

Today, David interviews Jack Belcher, Principal with the Cornerstone Group, a diverse advisory firm with a dozen offices around the country. Jack leads the advisory group based in Houston, and has expertise in all phases of the energy sector.

This year is proving especially critical for the U.S. oil and gas industry with the budget reconciliation bill moving through the House, which could be harmful to oil and gas companies and the economy more broadly.U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas, 8th) recently joined Jack Belcher on Energy Policy Watch for a discussion on the budget reconciliation bill, including a repeal of oil and gas tax incentives plus unprecedented tax hikes.The White House is proposing $145 billion of tax hikes, which according to Brady, land on everyone within the industry, from the smallest producers to all the way up the chain.

When it comes to climate policy in the U.S., it might appear that there are only two options: you're either for or against oil and gas.“This idea that there are Republican fuels in energy and Democrat fuels in energy has really stalled any kind of progress and advancement in solving a very large, global issue,” said Heather Reams, executive director of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES).Reams recently joined Energy Policy Watch for a frank discussion on a bipartisan approach to strong energy and climate policies. “I think it's time to stop the rhetoric and start inviting Republicans to the table,” she told host Jack Belcher.CRES is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit focusing on engaging Republican policymakers and the public about responsible, conservative solutions to address our nation's energy, economic and environmental security while increasing the U.S.'s competitive edge.

Energy can be a constructive part of solving climate change. While many aim to group oil and gas and the energy sector as a whole as culprits of climate change, the truth is many within the industry are working just as hard, or even harder, to solve the challenges of establishing a low-carbon future. The industry isn't alone.The Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) energy program works to find ways “to generate energy more cleanly, with less carbon, so that energy can be a constructive part of transitioning us to that zero-carbon future that we really want,” according to Mark Brownstein, senior vice president, energy, at EDF. Unlike many advocacy groups, EDF has a long history of pointing to science, economics and law to address the most pressing environmental challenges of our time.EDF has worked with industry and other partners, such as Amazon's Jeff Bezos, to monitor methane, establish carbon capture technology, establish low-carbon trends and expectations among industry and consumers, and to lobby and establish congressional proposals. It is among the oldest environmental advocacy groups in the worldBrownstein recently joined Cornerstone Government Affairs' Jack Belcher for this edition of Energy Policy Watch to discuss those topics and more.Topics: About the EDF (1:14) Methane emissions/field studies (2:18) Teaming with Jeff Bezos and World Resources Institute (4:10) Utilizing satellite methane data (5:41) Cooperative efforts with oil and gas producers (7:59) Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (10:02) Low-carbon efforts of national oil companies (11:51) CCUS and decarbonization efforts (13:11) Congressional proposals and incentives (15:43) Lower carbon alternatives (20:31) Emerging sensibilities on emissions (21:45) ESG Performance (25:01)

The 87th Texas Legislative session concluded on May 31 and, as usual, there was a lot of left to decipher and analyze throughout the summer months. This year's session; however, was not so usual. As Martin Hubert, principal, senior vice president and counsel at Cornerstone Government Affairs, working in the firm's Austin office, pointed out in this episode of Energy Policy Watch, this year's session was made quite a bit challenging by COVID-19 and the Texas winter storm and power outages.  Coming on the heels of a national power change in the White House and in Congress, the Texas Legislature engages in what has been described as its most conservative session ever, according to Hubert.  A number of bills passed through the session on religious, social and business issues that were championed by the conservative majority, Hubert told his colleague Jack Belcher.Hubert had several other insights into the session and discussed them in more detail with Belcher for this episode.Jump to topic: A new budget for the State of Texas (2:11) Bills to reform ERCOT (3:12) Addressing natural gas issues during the power outages (4:23) Eminent Domain legislation (5:21) Carbon capture and storage (CCUS) (6:48) Methane emissions and flaring (8:12) Oil and gas provisions that were addressed by the legislature (8:47) Minimizing federal policy effects on Texas oil and gas (10:48)

It may seem like Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX 7th) is in a unique position in the House of Representative as a pro-energy Democrat from the heart of the “Energy Capital of the World.”U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX, 7th) Residence:HoustonDistrict:TX-7th (West Houston and unincorporated Harris County to Katy)Elected:2018, 2020Committees:House Committee on Energy & Commerce, House Science & Technology Committee Representing West Houston, Fletcher knows the importance of sound energy policy that addresses the complexities of the domestic energy future to the country and to her home district. (Full disclosure: Hart Energy is headquartered in Fletcher's congressional district.) But, Fletcher says there is a diversity of opinions on energy, even within in the Democratic caucus.She, herself, has opposed recent moves by the Biden administration to limit oil and gas drilling.  “I opposed the President's executive order to slow down new oil and gas drilling permits on federal lands, and I also don't believe we should be slowing down oil and gas offshore,” she told Cornerstone Government Affairs' Jack Belcher in this edition of Energy Policy Watch.Fletcher, co-chair of the natural gas caucus and a member of the oil and gas caucus, added, “Experts agree that demand is going to continue to grow and it comes down to who do we want producing oil and gas. Companies here in the United States know how to produce cleaner energy on our lands and off of our shores.”“In my view, the best thing we can do for everyone is to de-politicize the conversation about our energy future.”—Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX 7th)In this conversation Fletcher also addresses climate and energy policy likely to pass through Congress, identifying areas of bipartisan support, and finding shared values and objectives in energy policy.Topics: Rep Fletcher's perspective on the energy future (1:06) Excitement, uncertainty and the complexity of energy policy today (2:18) Challenges of being a pro-energy Democrat in Congress (2:57) Diversity of opinions and experience on energy in the Democratic caucus (3:38) Bringing the perspective of the ‘Energy Capital of the World' to the discussion in Washington, D.C. (4:46) Climate and energy legislation that is likely to pass through Congress (5:27) Modernizing the energy market and infrastructure, and addressing market barriers (6:50) Areas of bipartisan support and investment (7:46) The importance of technology and innovation to meeting climate challenges (8:29) Addressing concern about President Biden's recent oil and gas executive orders (10:44) Emphasizing the importance of sound policy on permitting (11:05) Finding shared values and shared objectives in energy policy (12:15) Energy Policy Watch is a partnership between Hart Energy and Cornerstone to bring regular video updates on legislative and regulatory actions affecting the energy industry. Guests range from key representatives or congressional staff to relevant cabinet-level officials and executive branch personnel. View More Energy Policy Watch Episodes Here.

Could Texas face more blackouts this summer? According to John Harpole, founder and owner of Mercator Energy, a gas brokerage firm based in Littleton, Colo., it is a growing possibility given the damage to the state's power grid from the severe winter storm earlier this year that still needs to be addressed.“There are experts that are predicting there could be two or three rolling blackouts again this summer when peak day of demands increase,” Harpole told Cornerstone Government Affairs' Jack Belcher in this edition of Energy Policy Watch. “They've never seen this peak day of demand in the winter before, but I don't believe that the grid issues have functionally been addressed yet.”In the latest edition of Energy Policy Watch, Harpole, an expert on all aspects of the natural gas value chain and natural gas power markets, joined Belcher for a post-analysis discussion on the 2021 Texas power crisis plus an examination of solutions for the state's power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).Harpole been his career in the late 1980s, sourcing gas for General Electric (GE), where he saw the deregulation of natural gas where the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opened up access to pipelines so that GE could transport its own natural gas, he said.“As we saw the deregulation unfold on energy and the effort to integrate the electric grid really with the natural gas grid, I saw a number of issues that I was concerned about,” he said. “Most recently, those concerns were lived out in the Texas rolling or, in some areas, permanent blackouts back in February.”According to Harpole, ERCOT has some critical, fundamental flaws in the design of the transmission grid in Texas and how it responds. A second fundamental flaw he said hasn't been considered is when ERCOT was forced to cut off demand, also known as a “shed load,” ERCOT cut off supply to critical natural gas infrastructure.“One of the things that I've been worried about over the last 10 years is as we march on into this world that certain politicians would like to think that we'll never burn anything, any time, any more and rely exclusively on renewable energy, they forget about that the dispatchable ability—the ability to turn on and turn off—for natural gas, coal and, to lesser extent, nuclear, when much needed is critical,” he said.“In essence, electricity supply was cut off to natural gas infrastructure when natural gas infrastructure and natural gas, the commodity itself, could've answered a lot of the issues related to a shortage of electric generation,” he continued.Topics: Harpole's background in natural gas (1:45) What makes the ERCOT market different in Texas (3:05) Comparing generation resources—wind, natgas & coal (5:35) “Renewable energy landed on a soft pillow” (7:15) Natural gas production during the winter storm (9:35) Drive to electrify natural gas production (11:40) Fatal flaw in natural gas market (13:05) Cost of natural gas storage (16:50) What does Texas need to do (19:00)

Energy Policy Watch is a partnership between Hart Energy and Cornerstone. Hart Energy and Cornerstone will bring regular video updates on legislative and regulatory actions affecting the energy industry. Guests will range from key representatives and senators or congressional staff to relevant cabinet-level officials and executive branch personnel.Subscribe to receive notifications about new Energy Policy Watch episodes.Will the United States be able to lead the world in oil and gas production and emissions reduction? That quest is being put to the test as the Biden administration pushes to prioritize climate change in its energy policy. So, what is the energy policy to watch?Anne Bradbury, CEO of the American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC), whose membership is composed of 25 of America's premier independent natural gas and oil exploration and production companies, joined Jack Belcher for our latest Energy Policy Watch to discuss the already busy energy policy landscape merely three months into the Biden administration.Right out of the bat there was the concerning decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline. That was following by two sweeping executive orders, all of which Bradbury says are “essentially directives to the agencies.” As the oil and gas industry begins engagement with the agencies, Belcher and Bradbury, who have an extensive history working on Capitol Hill, offer up a primer of the energy policy to watch as we move through the second quarter of 2021.Among the topics: AXPC's representation of the industry (0:38) Specific energy policy to watch (1:49) Areas of commonality in energy policy (3:13) Which legislation will move through Congress (3:49) Infrastructure package (6:23) Avoiding negative impact of executive orders (8:53) Importance of oil and gas jobs in energy policy debate (11:37) Cornerstone Government Affairs Inc. is a full-service, bipartisan public affairs firm with more than 100 professionals in 13 offices across the country. Through its federal and state government relations; strategic communications; and business consulting/strategic advisory brands, Cornerstone represents a diverse group of clients from myriad industries and sectors, and maintains expertise in a wide range of issue areas, including agriculture, cyber security, defense, education, energy, health, homeland security, international affairs, tax policy, telecommunications, and transportation and infrastructure.For more information, please visit Cornerstone's website at www.cgagroup.com.

Energy Policy Watch is a partnership between Hart Energy and Cornerstone. Hart Energy and Cornerstone will bring regular video updates on legislative and regulatory actions affecting the energy industry. Guests will range from key representatives and senators or congressional staff to relevant cabinet-level officials and executive branch personnel.Subscribe to receive notifications about new Energy Policy Watch episodes.As President Joe Biden looks to up the government's game on energy policy and oil and gas, 2021 has become, and is poised to become even more so, a challenging time for the industry. The new administration has signaled its intent to view energy policy and oil and gas through the lens of climate change, even while it struggles to balance its own center-left nature and the progressive pull of the Democratic party to the far left.So, what's an oil and gas executive to make of this 180-degree change in energy policy and oil and gas following four years of the much friendlier Trump administration?The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) has been a central figure in representing the U.S. industry when it comes to energy policy and oil and gas in Washington, D.C. The man in the middle of it all is Dan Naatz, senior vice president of government relations for IPAA.Naatz has appeared on several national news outlets in recent times to discuss energy policy and oil and gas. Now he's sitting down with another Washington insider, Jack Belcher, principal of advisory services at Cornerstone Government Affairs and host of Energy Policy Watch, a new video series presented by Hart Energy and Cornerstone focused on examining the ever-changing and increasingly vital state of energy policy and oil and gas.In this episode, Belcher and Naatz discuss: Public policy challenges and their meaning to the oil and gas industry (0:53) Impact of Biden's executive orders on activity beyond federal lands (2:06) New energy policy impact on the financial capabilities of oil and gas (3:59) Cumulative impact of oil and gas opponents' multi-faceted focus (6:00) Meeting the challenges and mitigating the impact (8:28) An insider's look at the process of energy policy on Capitol Hill (13:14) Cornerstone Government Affairs Inc. is a full-service, bipartisan public affairs firm with more than 100 professionals in 13 offices across the country. Through its federal and state government relations; strategic communications; and business consulting/strategic advisory brands, Cornerstone represents a diverse group of clients from myriad industries and sectors, and maintains expertise in a wide range of issue areas, including agriculture, cyber security, defense, education, energy, health, homeland security, international affairs, tax policy, telecommunications, and transportation and infrastructure.For more information, please visit Cornerstone's website at www.cgagroup.com.

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Originally aired on 2/23/2019 - 2/24/2019 Episode 194 of "In The Oil Patch" This week our host, Kym Bolado will be passing the interviewing duties over to SHALE Magazine Editor, David Blackmon for this special episode. David will be welcoming Jack Belcher and Brent Greenfield onto the show this week! Jack is the Senior Vice President - Energy Solutions for Cornerstone Government Affairs. Brent is the Vice President & Counsel - Energy Solutions for Cornerstone. Be sure to catch In The Oil Patch every weekend following this schedule: Saturdays from 8am-9am KSIX 1230 AM, 95.1 FM & 96.1 FM Corpus Christi Saturdays from 1pm-2pm KWEL 1070 AM & 107.1 FM Midland / Odessa / Permian Basin Saturdays from 2pm-3pm FREEDOM 1160 AM San Antonio / New Braunfels / San Marcos / Austin Sundays from 8pm-9pm KTRH Newsradio 740 AM Simulcast on the iHeartRADIO app Houston / Worldwide Let us know what you think about our shows on our Facebook page - Facebook.com/intheoilpatch and be sure to share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Twitter and LinkedIn too! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER). Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com.

In Virginia, Arlington has found new ways to use its municipal network to reduce the digital divide. Katie Cristol, Chair of the Arlington County Board, and Jack Belcher, County Chief Information Officer, join us for episode 293 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast to explain what they are doing.We discuss how a new residential development, … Continue reading "Arlington Expands Internet Access for Low-Income Households – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 293"

Originally aired on 12/9/2017 - 12/10/2017 Episode 137 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado welcomes Jack Belcher, Executive Vice President of HBW Resources onto the show! Be sure to catch every show each weekend following this schedule: Saturdays from 8am-9am KSIX 1230AM, 95.1FM & 96.1FM Corpus Christi Sundays from 8pm-9pm Newsradio 740 KTRH 740AM Simulcast on the iHeartRadio app Houston / Worldwide Let us know what you think about our shows on our Facebook page - Facebook.com/intheoilpatchradioshow and be sure to share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Twitter and LinkedIn too! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER). Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com. Photo source: Rigzone.com