On Thursday, Feb. 16, the full committee will receive testimony on the U.S. Department of Energy’s budget request for fiscal year 2013.  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be the witness.  (Dirksen 366 at 9:30 a.m.)

Bonuses …

---Yesterday, Chairman Bingaman offered his take on green energy tax credits in an op-ed in The Hill.

---If you’d rather see and hear the Chairman, tune into C-SPAN on Sunday at 10 a.m. and again at 6 p.m. for this week’s Newsmakers program.