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WASHINGTON — Today, Thursday, January 29, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will host a roundtable with an elected official, union representatives, and national and local electrification and efficiency advocates to discuss how the Trump administration’s policies — from stalling permits of more than 500 clean energy projects to sunsetting critical investments that make energy cheaper for consumers — have raised utility costs on working families. 

Thursday, January 29, 2026

WHAT: Roundtable on Skyrocketing Energy Costs

WHEN: Press check-in at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Media availability following the roundtable.

WHO:

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)

U.S. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine)

U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (D-R.I.)

U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

Patrick Crowley, President Rhode Island AFL-CIO

Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mt. Vernon, New York

Mark Wolfe, Executive Director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Co-Director of the Center on Energy Policy and Poverty

Paula Glover, President Alliance to Save Energy

Ari Matusiak, Founder & CEO Rewiring America

Scott Libby, Owner Royal River Heat Pumps

Alfonso “Fonze” Martinez, Business Manager of IBEW Local Union 611

WHERE: U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Specific Room Available Upon RSVP.

LIVESTREAM: Click here for the livestream link. The livestream will also be available on the ENR Democrats' Instagram, X, and Facebook, at the time of the event.

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