EIA Analyzes Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012
Today the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its analysis of S. 2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012. That legislation, which Chairman Bingaman introduced in March, seeks to modernize our nation’s power sector and guide it toward a future in which more and more electricity is generated with cleaner and cleaner energy. EIA’s analysis […]
S. 2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012
The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 seeks to modernize our nation’s power sector and guide it toward a future in which more and more electricity is generated with cleaner and cleaner energy. Below, please find the bill text, two-page summary, section-by-section summary. The Energy Information Administration’s analysis of the bill can be found here.
S. 2374, the Helium Stewardship Act of 2012
The Helium Stewardship Act of 2012 lays out a responsible resource management strategy for the Federal Helium Reserve. The bipartisan Helium Stewardship Act (S. 2374) draws on recommendations from private helium refiners, retailers, end users, Bureau of Land Management officials and the National Academy of Sciences to address the most pressing problems facing our nation’s […]
Murkowski: Alaska’s Natural Gas a Good Fit for Japan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday continued her efforts to develop new markets for Alaska’s 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas on the North Slope by raising the potential of providing a long-term, stable supply of energy to Japan with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at a dinner hosted by U.S. […]
Bingaman-Barrasso Bill Seeks To Lift America’s Helium Supplies
Today, Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and John Barrasso (R-WY), joined by co-sponsors Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Enzi (R-WY), introduced legislation which lays out a responsible resource management strategy for the Federal Helium Reserve. The bipartisan Helium Stewardship Act (S. 2374) draws on recommendations from private helium refiners, retailers, end users, Bureau of Land Management […]
Murkowski Comments on Nomination of Marcilynn Burke
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted against forwarding to the Senate floor the nomination of Marcilynn Burke to be the Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals. Burke currently serves in that position in an acting capacity. “I have concerns about Ms. Burke’s nomination from a number of […]
Senate Energy Advances Four More Nominations
Senate Energy Committee today approved four nominees to key positions at the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. With the committee’s approval of these Executive Branch appointments, the nominees are now eligible for consideration by the full Senate. –Adam Sieminski to be administrator of the Energy Information […]
Sen. Murkowski’s Opening Statement on Electric Grid Reliability
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following opening statement at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Hearing on electric reliability and the New England power outages last fall: Click on photo to play video “Good morning and thank you all for being here. Today we’re scheduled to hear testimony on […]
Murkowski: America’s Vast Oil Resources are an Inconvenient Truth for President
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, appeared on CNBC’s Kudlow Report today to speak about new estimates of U.S. oil resources. While President Obama continues to claim the United States has only 2 percent of the world’s resources (campaign rhetoric that earned the president two Pinocchios from the Washington Post Fact Checker), new […]
Week Ahead: April 23-27
On Thursday, April 26, the full committee will take a look at weather-related electrical outages. Witnesses will include a representative from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Patricia Hoffman, assistant secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy; John Bilda, general manager, Norwich Public Utilities, Norwich, CT; and Thomas B. Getz, former […]