Sen. Murkowski: Preemptive Veto Process is Bad for Region, State, and Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today prohibited the consideration of any future permit application to develop a mine on state lands in the Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska. In its release, EPA stated: “Now that the 404(c) process has been initiated, […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on BOEM Atlantic Coast Resource Survey Review
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released the following statement on the environmental review for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s geological and geophysical review of survey activities off the Atlantic coast. “I am still reviewing the report, but I think it is a shame that it has taken this long to […]
Utilities Industry Members Applaud Sen. Murkowski’s Electric Reliability White Paper
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) last week warned attendees at the annual winter meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) that the reliability of the nation’s electric grid could suffer unless federal policymakers pay greater attention to the impacts of a range of new factors and forces, including changes […]
Sen. Murkowski Calls on Secretary Jewell to Act Before Another Accident Takes a Life in King Cove
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today once again called on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to address the life-threatening situation in King Cove, Alaska created by Jewell’s refusal to allow a few miles of road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to link the isolated community with the state’s second-longest runway. “The Interior […]
Sen. Murkowski Voices Opposition to Interior Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today announced she will vote against President Obama’s nominee to oversee the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service if the nomination is taken up for a vote Thursday in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Rhea Suh, who has been nominated to be […]
Murkowski to Jewell: Keep Your Promises to King Cove
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) yesterday sent a letter calling on Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to uphold the promises and commitments she made more than seven weeks ago to protect the health and safety of those who live in the remote village of King Cove, Alaska. “While you chose to […]
Sen. Murkowski Applauds DOE’s Approval of Cameron LNG Export License
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commended Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz for working through the backlog of applications to export liquefied natural gas to countries without a free-trade agreement with the United States. “Secretary Moniz and the Department of Energy have taken a judicious approach to the consideration of these applications,” […]
Sen. Murkowski Calls for Greater Emphasis on Protecting Electric Reliability
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today warned that the reliability of the nation’s electric grid could suffer unless federal policymakers pay greater attention to the impacts of a range of new factors and forces, including changes in the nation’s electricity mix and regulations being issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Murkowski […]
Wyden, Senators to CFTC: Share Information for Energy Market Oversight Now
Washington—Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and seven Senate colleagues have asked Mark Wetjen, Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to expeditiously implement the sharing of trading data on futures and swaps markets with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by the end of […]
Wyden, Reid, Feinstein and Franken Urge Increased Security for National Power Grid
Washington, D.C. – In a letter today, four lawmakers asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to determine whether stronger federal standards are needed to ensure the security of our national electric grid after a sophisticated physical attack last year on a transmission substation in California caused […]