President’s Budget Represents Missed Opportunity on Energy Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following opening statement at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the administration’s proposed fiscal year 2013 budget for the Department of Energy. “It almost goes without saying that I was disappointed by the administration’s overall request for fiscal year 2013. […]
Sen. Murkowski Renews Request for Oversight Hearing on DOE Loan Guarantee Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today renewed her request to Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hold an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy’s loan programs. This renewed request comes as the Obama administration released an audit of the Loan Program Office (LPO) at DOE. […]
DOE Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
“Today, we have an oversight hearing to examine the President’s proposed Department of Energy budget for Fiscal Year 2013. We welcome Secretary Chu to testify and present the Administration’s budget to us today. “The priorities laid out in the President’s proposed budget reflect a strong commitment to clean energy and the increased security and economic […]
It’s Time to Confirm the ‘All of the Above’ Energy Nominees
Under Secretary of Energy (responsible for nuclear, fossil, renewable energy, and electricity) Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy General Counsel (responsible for legal matters affecting all energy sources) Director of Minority Economic Impact (responsible for small and minority business advocacy) Sen. Jeff Bingaman went to the Senate floor […]
New DOE Budget Strongly Supports Clean Energy, U.S. Technology Competitiveness and International Nuclear Nonproliferation
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) strongly supports the increases proposed for Department of Energy (DOE) programs in the President’s Budget Request for FY 2013 today, which are being proposed against a backdrop of substantial deficit reduction government-wide in the same Budget Request. Bingaman is chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, which […]
On DOE Loan Program Review
“Mr. Allison’s review is a careful and thoughtful analysis of the Department of Energy’s loan programs. As the report makes clear, Congress established these programs to support innovative projects employing technologies that have not reached commercial maturity, and thus were not likely to receive support from commercial debt markets. That’s why Congress provided money up […]
Week Ahead: Feb. 13 – 17
On Thursday, Feb. 16, the full committee will receive testimony on the U.S. Department of Energy’s budget request for fiscal year 2013. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be the witness. (Dirksen 366 at 9:30 a.m.) Bonuses … —Yesterday, Chairman Bingaman offered his take on green energy tax credits in an op-ed […]
Sen. Murkowski Commits to Getting Alaska’s Natural Gas to Market
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, appeared on the energy news program Platts Energy Week on Sunday to discuss the energy agenda President Obama laid out in his State of the Union speech last week. During the interview, Murkowski expressed her commitment to moving Alaska’s “enormous amounts of conventional national gas” to market. […]
Sen. Murkowski Applauds NRC Approval of New Reactors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of a Combined Construction and Operating License for two new nuclear reactors at Southern Co.’s Vogtle plant in Georgia. “Today’s decision clears the way for the first construction of new nuclear reactors here in decades,” Murkowski said. “This was the […]
Sen. Murkowski Addresses NARUC at Winter Meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following remarks at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) winter meeting: “Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to initiate your Capitol Hill Update. It is a pleasure to be with such a large group of distinguished public officials and […]