Will Democrat climate pests push for increased regulation of energy sector?

Fuel Fix:

After almost a decade of oil-friendly Republicans controlling Congress, the energy sector faced a dramatically different landscape Wednesday on Capitol Hill.

Where Republicans pushed an end to the oil export ban and looser environmental regulations around drilling, the new Democratic-led House is expected to be more interested in combating climate change than boosting oil and gas production.

But with Republicans still controlling the White House and Senate, Democrats will have their work cut out for them in pursuing any legislation that does not carry GOP support.

"It'll be noisier. There will be hearings o-rama. But in terms of action not so much," said Robert McNally, president of the Rapidan Energhy Group, a consulting firm outside Washington. "We don't see them rolling President Trump, but the pace of deregulation at EPA will probably slow down because officials will be much busier dealing with subpoenas."

Even before the election Democrats made clear they planned to conduct oversight hearings into Trump's campaign to cut back regulation around oil and gas drilling and other industrial activity.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., who is expected to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said last week that Democrats would "focus on the need to address climate change by looking at its impacts on our communities and economy, and by holding the Trump administration accountable for dangerous policies that only make it worse."

Without key allies like Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, who lost to political newcomer Lizzie Fletcher, and Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, who lost to former NFL player Colin Allred, energy executives are expected to be called to Washington to explain their role in the Trump administration's regulatory rollbacks.
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Democrats will try to do their control freak thing.  They will engage in job-killing activities and try to drive up the cost of fossil fuels to make inefficient alternative energy look more competitive.   At its current stage of development wind and solar energy are still more costly even with subsidies and they are too inconsistent to be relied upon.  They are also too vulnerable to extreme weather events.