The Energy Act features consensus provisions from the Senate’s American Energy Innovation Act (S. 2657) and the House’s Clean Economy Innovation and Jobs Act (H.R. 4447). Signed into law on December 27 as Divizion Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, it is the first comprehensive modernization of our nation’s energy policies in 13 years.
Joe Manchin (D, WV)
Chairman
Democratic News
- Manchin, Witnesses Praise Bipartisan America’s Revegetation And Carbon Sequestration Act As Critical Investment In West Virginia
- Manchin, Energy Committee Consider FERC, DOE, NPS Nominees
- Manchin, Capito Announce $1,000,000 For Hydrogen Research Project With Netl
- Manchin, Capito Announce $7m For Advanced Coal Waste Processing Research
John Barrasso (R, WY)
Ranking Member
Republican News
- Senate Hears from Wyoming State Forester on Bipartisan Barrasso Bill
- Barrasso: We Can Work in a Bipartisan Fashion to Address the Many Issues Facing America’s Forests
- Barrasso Demands Interior Department Officials Release Details of Official Activity
- Barrasso: It’s Time for Joe Biden & the Democrats to Get Out of the Way of Affordable American Energy
Featured
Committee Updates
A quick sampling of what members, stakeholders, and the media have said in the past week about the Energy Act
Signed into law as Division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Learn more here.
The Energy Act prioritizes research, development, and demonstration of next-generation technologies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, industry, and buildings while keeping American energy affordable and globally competitive.
Energy & Natural Resources
Subcommittees
