Wyden Announces Support for Moniz to lead Energy Department
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced his support for Dr. Ernest Moniz to serve as the next Secretary of Energy, at the close of a hearing on Moniz’s nomination Tuesday. “You have the expertise and it’s clear you have built a lot of goodwill with senators on […]
Murkowski Comments on Interagency Working Group’s Report on Arctic Development
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to the report “Managing the Future of a Rapidly Changing Arctic” by the federal interagency working group tasked with coordinating oil and natural gas permitting in Alaska: “I commend the administration and the Department of Interior for recognizing the importance […]
Energy and Natural Resources Committee Announces Series of Forums on Natural Gas Issues
Washington, D.C. — Today, Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced that the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a series of three forums on natural gas issues over seven days in May. The series builds on a full-committee hearing in February that looked broadly at opportunities and challenges for […]
Wyden, Murkowski Release Draft of Legislation to Provide Continued Access to Federal Helium Supplies
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a draft of legislation that would prevent a shortage in the global helium supply by ensuring access to the Federal Helium Reserve for helium-dependent industries, including manufacturing, the medical community and federal research programs. The […]
Wyden, Murkowski Ask EPA for Renewable Fuels Market Data to Explain Volatility
Washington, D.C. – Following weeks of fluctuations in the renewable fuels market, Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, asked the Environmental Protection Agency for data to explain unprecedented volatility in the market for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). “Given that ethanol is an increasingly important factor in […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on Release of NOAA Arctic EIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following statement in response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s release of a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for oil and natural gas activities in the Arctic Ocean. “While I appreciate NOAA’s decision to take a second look at the EIS, I […]
Sen. Murkowski Commends FERC for Fixing Unfair Land-Use Fee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for announcing they would end their long-standing practice of charging land-use fees for hydropower projects no longer located on federal land. This declaratory order comes a week after Murkowski re-introduced legislation (S. 564) to stop the fees. “I’m extremely pleased […]
Murkowski Reaches Agreement with Secretary Salazar on King Cove Road
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today announced an agreement with the Department of the Interior to review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s opposition to a life-saving road through a remote part of Southwest Alaska. After direct talks with Murkowski, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar agreed to take a second look at a land exchange in […]
Energy Committee Favorably Reports Interior Secretary Nominee Sally Jewell
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced that the committee voted to favorably report the nomination of Sally Jewell to be the Secretary of the Interior. “[Sally] is going to give each member of this committee her ear and her expertise that comes from having managed to pack […]
Murkowski, Landrieu Introduce ‘FAIR Act’ Revenue Sharing Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will introduce bipartisan legislation – the Fixing America’s Inequities with Revenues (FAIR) Act – to ensure all energy producing states receive a fair share of the revenues they help produce. While onshore producing states keep 50 percent of royalties, rents and bonus […]