Senate and House Leaders Welcome FERC Agreement to Seek Action to Address Grid Reliability Concerns
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate and House leaders today welcomed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision to convene a series of technical conferences on the potential threat of new federal environmental regulations to the reliability of the nation’s electric power system. FERC’s announcement on Tuesday came in response to a letter from Senate Energy and […]
Landrieu Applauds Confirmation of Two Department of Energy Nominees
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, today applauded the confirmation of two nominees to serve in the Department of Energy. Dr. Franklin M. Orr, Jr. to be the Under Secretary for Science, and Joseph S. Hezir to be the Chief Financial Officer. “I am pleased […]
Sen. Murkowski Presses FERC Nominee to Protect Reliability
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today addressed the need for balance within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Colette D. Honorable to be a member of the independent agency. (Click for Murkowski’s comments on Honorable) “Considering electricity alone […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Additions to Energy Committee Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced two additions to the Republican staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Michael Pawlowski, a lifelong Alaskan, will focus on energy and natural resources issues of importance to Alaska and the West, and Colin Hayes, who is returning to the committee as deputy […]
Sen. Murkowski Announces Agreement on Public Lands Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced a bipartisan and bicameral agreement to advance a package of lands bills focused on expanding economic opportunities in Alaska and other Western states and will be included within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The joint agreement on the package will support job creation and […]
Sen. Murkowski: SPR Test Sale Strengthens Case for Energy Reforms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted a new Department of Energy (DOE) report on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The report details DOE’s test sales between March and July of roughly 5 million barrels of sour crude oil from SPR storage sites in Louisiana and Texas. “This report demonstrates once again […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on Costly New EPA Ozone Emission Limits
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to release a new draft rule tightening limits on ground-level ozone emissions on the day before Thanksgiving: “Yet again we’re seeing the Obama administration release an incredibly expensive regulation on the eve of a […]
Senate and House Committee Leaders Question Agency Coordination, Seek Action to Address Grid Reliability Concerns
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Cheryl LaFleur seeking information regarding any consultation between FERC and the Environmental Protection Agency in […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes New EIA Oil Import Tool
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, praised the recent release of a new analytical tool to track oil imports produced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). “Our nation is importing record low levels of oil from the world’s volatile regions and exporting record volumes of all sorts of energy to our friends […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on EPA Delay of RFS Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would not finalize volume obligations for the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for calendar year 2014 in 2014: “EPA’s announcement is yet another sign that the RFS is increasingly impractical and in need […]