Senior principal in Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group Frank Maisano spoke to S&P Global prior to the presidential debate on September 10 about what energy industry insiders want from Vice President Kamala Harris.
According to Maisano, industry executives want more clarity from the candidate on oil and gas production. He foreshadowed that a discussion of fracking would be an important symbolic issue that relates to a potentially more aggressive approach to oil and gas production.
“The thing that worries I think a lot of folks in industry is that environmentalists have taken a back seat on pressuring her the way they pressured Joe Biden on this issue,” Maisano said, suggesting environmental advocates may have made a calculation that she will be better than Trump for their positions, or that they can place more pressure on her if she becomes president.
What the industry is seeking most is policy consistency, he said. “They don’t look at what’s happening in the moment [on production] because that’s driven by demand. … What we look at is what is available five years down the road … and try to get some consistent certainty there.”
