There is no way in hell that a federal commission to oversee energy policy would ever be established and if it were, western energy interests would mire it in lawsuits and legal challenges from the get go.

This is a terrible idea.

A Federal Reserve-like entity would absolutely destroy any chance this country has at getting its energy act together – just look at how the Federal Reserve we have has destroyed the value of the US dollar. Just as the dollar has lost 97% of its value since the inception of the Fed, a Fed-like institution in charge of energy in America would obliterate green energy programs, drive oil prices even higher, and probably eventually figure out a way to force all of us to run on a hamster wheel for three hours a day to generate enough energy just to run Washington.

No. NO.

p.s. the Fed is not independent. And any version of it in any other industry, be it energy or employment or education is a sure-fire way to destroy whatever that entity is meant to protect.

If it is at all modeled after the Fed, the board members would be made of oil magnates and T. Boone Pickens would be elected Chairman. Absolutely not.

Heck, US gasoline prices would prbly be 25-cents/gallon.