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It’s been almost three weeks since the U.S.-Canadian report on last summer’s blackout was delivered. The first recommendation in that report is for Congress to pass non-controversial reliability language. Without…
Some refiners are opposed to letting more gasoline into the U.S. because it may hurt their bottom line. But their bottom line under current EPA rules for sulfur allotments appears…
Influential policymakers from three countries are gathered in New Mexico this week for the North American Energy Summit. Sponsored by the Western Governors’ Association, the three-day meeting has drawn together…
OPEC’s decision to cut production and to boost world oil prices, and correspondingly, prices at the pump in the United States, have fueled a new discussion over how to reduce…
The bipartisan energy tax package is now officially part of another bill – the FSC/ETI corporate tax bill. This is a satisfying win for Sen. Bingaman, who for months has…
The White House today said it intends to nominate Suedeen G. Kelly of New Mexico to a full five-year term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. With Senate approval, Kelly’s…
After last summer’s massive blackout, the U.S. and Canadian governments gathered electricity experts to study why the outage occurred and recommend ways to prevent or minimize future power failures. The…
Here is Sen. Bingaman’s reaction to the main energy stories of the day — OPEC’s decision to cut oil production and refinery outages: "OPEC’s decision today is a major setback…
March 24, 2004 The President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am concerned about the impact that rising petroleum and petroleum product prices are having on…
Jeff Bingaman’s position has long been that our chances for making progress on energy this year depend on Congress’s willingness to move forward on what is most needed in energy…
With fuel prices at or near record highs (and still climbing), Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, today identified 13 specific steps that President Bush can take immediately — using existing statutory…
On Wednesday, the air conditioning industry dropped its efforts to overturn a Clinton-era requirement that home air conditioners be 30 percent more energy efficient starting in 2006. The Bush Administration…
Tonight, in a bipartisan effort led by Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the Senate took an important step toward reinstating the federal government’s authority for Energy Savings…
Congress can accomplish a lot by legislating our nation’s energy problems in smaller bites, rather than trying to swallow whole a SuperSized energy bill. Having tried and failed twice lately…
New Mexico’s two senators today teamed to amend the JOBS Act with a provision that will encourage more U.S. businesses to invest in research & development. The amendment, written by…
A marquee event in Senate Energy this week is tomorrow’s hearing on the Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2004. The session will spotlight EIA’s forecasts re: oil and natural…
We draw attention to a noteworthy detail in a Senate Finance Committee staff analysis of the tax package in S.2095. It’s a piece of information that calls into question the…
America needs a new and different approach to legislating on energy, Sen. Jeff Bingaman writes in today’s Roll Call. The Senate Energy Committee’s ranking member says that with a short…
Tonight, the Majority Leader introduced the new energy bill, S. 2095. Text will be on the committee’s website tomorrow. (At 1,246 pages, we hope you have broadband.) Here’s an early…
Two days ago, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, one of the Senate’s most steadfast supporters of science and technology, voiced concerns about cuts in the Energy Department’s funding for physical science research….
The General Accounting Office has offered an opinion on the legality of an agreement between the State of Utah and the Interior Department over whether certain roads on public lands…
Here is Sen. Bingaman’s opening statement from the Senate Energy Committee Feb. 10 hearing on the Department of Energy’s FY05 budget. Bingaman, D-NM, is the committee’s ranking member. "Thank you,…
Today, Sen. Bingaman sent a second letter to the Department of the Interior – this time, to Secretary Norton – seeking information about charges against the U.S. Park Service police…
November 21st through the 23rd Newspaper Editorials on the Energy Bill These editorials appeared in newspapers in the following states: California – Colorado – Connecticut – Florida – Hawaii –…
Mr. President, we have come to the point of voting whether to proceed forward to a final vote on the energy bill conference report that will send this bill to…