National Energy Policy Development Group

Events (45)

• January 29, 2001: Bush Announces Formation of Energy Task Force 2001-01-29
• March 5, 2001: Utility Officials Meet with Cheney’s Energy Task Force 2001-03-05
• March 18, 2001: Energy Task Force Member Asks Gas Executive What His Energy Policy Would Be ‘If You Were King’ 2001-03-18
• March 20, 2001: Energy Advocacy Organization Sends White House Suggested Executive Order; Bush Will Issue Order 2001-03-20
• March 21, 2001: Conoco CEO Meets with Cheney Energy Task Force 2001-03-21
• March 22, 2001: British Petroleum, Other Oil, Gas, and Mining Officials Meet with Cheney’s Energy Task Force 2001-03-22
• April 4, 2001: Environmentalists Allowed to Meet with Cheney’s Energy Task Force 2001-04-04
• April 12, 2001: Oil and Gas Officials Meet with Cheney Energy Task Force 2001-04-12
• April 17, 2001 and After: Enron CEO Meets with Cheney, Recommends that No Price Caps be Adopted 2001-04-17
• April 17, 2001: Shell Oil Executives Meet with Cheney Energy Task Force 2001-04-17
• April 18, 2001: Vice President Cheney Tells Reporter Price Caps Bad for California’s Energy Markets 2001-04-18
• April 19 - May 4, 2001: Task Force Refuses Congressional Request to Examine Records of Meetings 2001-05-04
• May 8, 2001: GAO Announces Intention to Investigate Energy Task Force 2001-05-08
• May 10-17, 2001: Cheney Lawyer Rebuffs GAO Attempts to Discuss Energy Task Force 2001-05-10
• March 1 - May 21, 2001: Coal Company Profits from Energy Task Policy Recommendations 2001-05-21
• June 1, 2001: GAO Defends Demand for Energy Task Force Documents 2001-06-01
• June 7, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Tells GAO US Law Does Not Apply to Energy Task Force 2001-06-07
• June 21, 2001: Cheney’s Counsel Sends Meaningless Financial Documents to GAO 2001-06-21
• June 25, 2001: Conservative Watchdog Group Demands Energy Task Force Records 2001-06-25
• July 3, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Refuses to Speak with GAO over Task Force Documents 2001-07-03
• July 5, 2001: Addington Refuses Watchdog Group’s Request for Energy Task Force Documents 2001-07-05
• July 14, 2001: Watchdog Group Sues for Energy Task Force Records 2001-07-14
• July 18, 2001: GAO Reiterates Request for Information Regarding Cheney’s Task Force 2001-07-18
• July 26, 2001: Cheney Turns Request for Records into Battle between White House, Congress 2001-07-26
• July 31, 2001: GAO Scales Back Request for Energy Task Force Documents 2001-07-31
• August 1, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Again Rebuffs GAO’s Request for Task Force Information 2001-08-01
• August 2, 2001: Cheney Accuses GAO of Exceeding Constitutional Authority in Energy Task Force Document Request 2001-08-02
• August 17, 2001: GAO Chief Reiterates Position regarding Cheney Task Force Information 2001-08-17
• September 6, 2001: Cheney’s Office Sends GAO List of ‘Support Staff’ 2001-09-06
• January 22, 2002: Senators Request GAO Assessment of Bush Energy Policy 2002-01-22
• February 19, 2002: Cheney Continues to Misrepresent GAO’s Request for Energy Task Force Documents 2002-02-19
• July 17, 2003: Documents from Cheney Energy Task Force Released; Maps, Charts of Iraqi Oil Fields Included 2003-07-17
• December 15, 2003: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cheney Energy Task Force Case 2003-12-15
• April 17, 2004: White House Argues for Near-Complete Immunity from Oversight 2004-04-17
• April 27, 2004: Supreme Court Hears Arguments for and against Keeping Cheney Energy Task Force Records Sealed 2004-04-27
• June 24, 2004: Supreme Court Sends Cheney Energy Task Force Case Back to Appeals Court 2004-06-24
• May 10, 2005: Appeals Court Rules that Cheney Task Force May Continue to Keep Information Secret 2005-05-10
• August 8, 2005: Energy Policy Act, Product of Cheney Task Force, Gives Huge Financial, Regulatory Breaks to Energy Industry 2005-08-08
• November 16, 2005: Energy CEOs Lied to Congress about Meeting with Cheney Task Force, White House Document Proves 2005-11-16
• July 18, 2007: White House Reveals Participants in Cheney Energy Task Force Meetings 2007-07-18
• January 2002: Cheney Lies about GAO Records Request
• May 16 - 17, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Tells GAO It Has No Authority to Investigate Energy Task Force
• Mid-February, 2001: National Mining Association Succeeds in Keeping EPA out of Greenhouse Gas Regulations
• Mid-February, 2001: Exxon, Enron Executives Meet with Cheney Energy Task Force
• Summer 2001: White House Refusal to Comply with GAO Request Centered in Establishing Principle of Secrecy in White House Communications