Chairman Murkowski Begins Markup of Bipartisan Energy Bill
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today began the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s markup of the broad, bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 with discussion on almost a third of the 94 amendments filed to the bill. Click here to play video “We have worked in good faith for months to find common […]
Bipartisan Bill Makes Progress on Modernizing Our Energy Infrastructure, an Economic Imperative
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, gave the following statement during a business meeting to debate and vote on bipartisan energy legislation.
“Bolstering the reliability, resilience and affordability of our electricity infrastructure has become a major economic imperative,” Sen. Cantwell said. “Making progress requires a strategy, given the fragmented way the electric grid is owned, operated and regulated. And that’s where this bill comes into play.”
Sen. Murkowski: Ending Export Ban is Opportunity to be Energy Superpower
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the benefits of lifting the current ban on domestic crude oil exports. Today’s hearing before the banking committee reflects the latest in the growing consensus in Congress that our nation’s energy policies need to be updated to reflect the American energy renaissance. […]
Murkowski: Report Highlights Strategic Importance of Oil Reserve
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reiterated her opposition to selling off 101 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to pay for unrelated legislative proposals with a new report highlighting the stockpile’s importance to the United State’s energy security. Murkowski called the effort to raise $9 billion by selling SPR […]
Permanent Reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in Bipartisan Energy Bill
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, recently unveiled bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that includes permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
Murkowski: Bipartisan Energy Bill is Great News for Alaska
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today unveiled the broad, bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. Focused on a wide range of energy-related opportunities and challenges that have arisen over the past eight years, the bill’s provisions will help Alaskans produce energy, save energy, pay less for energy, and protect […]
Murkowski: Conditional Permit Approval Moves Shell Closer to Chukchi Program
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following response to the Interior Department’s approval of two conditional permits to Shell to resume its exploratory drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea: “Today’s approval by the Department of Interior of the permits Shell needs to resume drilling in the Chukchi Sea is good news for Alaska and […]
Murkowski, Cantwell Unveil Broad, Bipartisan Energy Bill
After months of listening sessions, hearings, and negotiations, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today formally introduced their broad, bipartisan energy bill. Focused on a wide range of national energy opportunities and challenges, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 features five titles reflecting common ground on energy efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accountability, […]
Murkowski: Selling Off Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Shortsighted
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in opposition to a proposal to sell off 101 million barrels of oil from the nation’s emergency energy stockpiles to partially pay for the Senate highway bill. Murkowski delivered a floor speech today in opposition to the proposal to sell oil from the SPR to partially […]
Sen. Murkowski: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Remains Important National Security Asset
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, toured the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) site near Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Friday for a firsthand look at the reserve’s operational readiness and challenges given changes in the nation’s energy output. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Chris Smith joined Murkowski on the July 17 visit. Senate Energy Committee Chairman Lisa […]