Senate and House Committee Leaders Seek Answers from FERC Commissioners on Agency Coordination, Grid Reliability Concerns
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with House Republican leaders on energy policy, today sent letters to the individual members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking information on their knowledge of consultations between FERC and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Senate Confirmation of Honorable, Lopez, and Smith
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Senate confirmation late Tuesday of Colette Honorable to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Estevan Lopez to be commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation within the Department of the Interior (DOI), and Christopher Smith to be assistant secretary of fossil energy for the […]
Sen. Murkowski Responds to Withdrawal of North Aleutian Basin from Five-Year Leasing Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on President Obama’s decision to withdraw Alaska’s North Aleutian Basin from potential oil and natural gas activity. “Given the lack of interest by industry and the public divide over allowing oil and gas exploration in this area, I am not objecting to […]
Sen. Murkowski: American Deepwater Energy Must be Globally Competitive
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) expressing her support for the agency’s efforts to prepare for future exports of oil and gas from deepwater ports in offshore regions of the United States. She also released a study by the Law Library of Congress […]
Sen. Murkowski Applauds Final Passage of Sealaska Lands Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today secured final Senate passage of legislation supporting Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry and completing the federal land conveyance owed to the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian tribal shareholders of the Sealaska Native Regional Corp. “It has taken seven years, but I’m proud to say that we finally […]
Sen. Murkowski Secures Passage of Lands Package Supporting Economic Growth, Community Development in Western States
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today secured the inclusion and final passage of the bipartisan lands package she negotiated with House and Senate leaders within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015. The lands package, Murkowski said, strikes the right balance between vital economic opportunities for western states and […]
Sen. Murkowski: Lands Package Contains Land Conveyances for Anchorage, Wainwright
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today praised final passage of the package of lands bills included within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will allow two land conveyances in Alaska – one in downtown Anchorage and another at Wainwright – to move forward. “I don’t have to tell Alaskans how difficult […]
Senate Energy Committee Advances FERC Nominee Colette Honorable
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted to advance the nomination of Colette Honorable to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). A majority of the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gathered this morning off the Senate floor to approve by voice vote moving Honorable’s nomination out of committee. […]
Sen. Murkowski Highlights Lands Package’s Importance to the West
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the importance of Title 30 – a package of public lands bills – within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015. Murkowski highlighted the title’s importance to federal oil and gas permitting, grazing, mining, […]
Sen. Murkowski Applauds Greens Creek Mine Permit Approval
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for finalizing a waste-water and tailings disposal permit that will allow the Greens Creek Mine in Southeast Alaska to continue to operate for the next decade. Sen. Lisa Murkowski touring the Greens Creek Mine in October with (from left) […]