Sen. Murkowski Applauds Senate Passage of Bill to Improve BLM Energy Permit Reviews
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Senate passage of the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014 (S. 2440), a bipartisan bill that would make permanent a program designed to provide resources to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reduce the backlog of permit applications and improve the efficiency of […]
Statement on Upcoming Committee Business Meeting
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement on the Committee’s plans to hold a business meeting on Thursday, November 13. “The markup planned for this Thursday at 10 AM has been postponed until Thursday, November 13 due to a conflict […]
Murkowski: GAO Findings Reinforce Reliability Concerns
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the request of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report documenting federal agencies’ inadequate response to concerns about the potential electric reliability impacts of multiple federal regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report is an update to GAO’s previous work in […]
Sen. Murkowski Criticizes Forest Service for $2 Million Expenditure to Study Tongass Transition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to award a $2.1 million contract to a private firm to develop a report on the effects of the agency’s proposed transition to young-growth timber management in the Tongass National Forest. Murkowski said the money would have been better spent […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes DOE Action on LNG Export Licenses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Department of Energy (DOE) for granting final approval to two liquefied natural gas export projects – Cameron LNG in Louisiana and Carib Energy in Florida. The approvals come after repeated calls from Murkowski for DOE to streamline its export review policies to ensure that […]
Pressed by Landrieu, DOE Approves Sempra Cameron LNG in Southwest La.
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, applauded the Department of Energy’s decision today to give final approval for an export license for Sempra’s Cameron LNG facility in Hackberry, La. Construction of the facility, which will employ 3,000 people, can begin immediately. “Cameron LNG will […]
TDX Power Receives Department of Energy Grid Resiliency Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that Alaska-based TDX Power is one of seven utilities nationally to be awarded funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) under a program supporting the enhancement of small utility systems, or microgrids, of less than 10 megawatts. DOE is investing more than $8 million in […]
Landrieu: Honorable highly-qualified to serve on FERC
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, welcomed the nomination of Colette Honorable to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to complete the term of retiring Commissioner John Norris. Honorable currently serves as the Chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission as the Chairman […]
Landrieu announces final permits approved for Sasol facility at Port of Lake Charles
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced today that the Army Corps of Engineers approved the final two permits required for Sasol to build a state of the art gas-to-liquids and ethane cracker facility at the Port of Lake Charles. The facility will create […]
Landrieu secures new 50-year license for Toledo Bend
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced that the Toledo Bend Hydroelectric Project received a new 50-year license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today. Sen. Landrieu’s advocacy for the project helped land the maximum licensing period allowed under law. “Toledo Bend is an economic […]