Murkowski Comments on Hydro, Energy-Water Integration Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 31, 2011 MEGAN HERMANN (202) 224-7875 Murkowski Comments on Hydro, Energy-Water Integration Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following opening statement at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on two hydropower bills and […]
Bingaman on POTUS Outline for Energy Security
Bingaman on POTUS Outline for America’s Energy Security “The President’s plan to reduce America’s reliance on imported oil is ambitious, but achievable. It’s a great priority for our country, and the President is doing a good thing by focusing the public’s attention on ways to make ourselves more secure and control our energy future. […]
Week Ahead (March 28-April 1)
Week of March 28 – April 1 On Tuesday, March 29, the full committee will meet to gather information on recent events at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex. Participants include Dr. Peter Lyons, acting assistant secretary, office of nuclear energy, Department of Energy; Bill Borchardt, executive director for operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; […]
Sen. Murkowski Hires New Energy Committee Staffers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 22, 2011 MEGAN HERMANN (202) 224-7875 Sen. Murkowski Hires New Energy Committee Staffers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is pleased to announce three new additions to her staff on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Annie […]
Bingaman and Murkowski Release CES White Paper
MEDIA CONTACTS: Rosemarie Calabro (Bingaman)(202.224.5039) Megan Hermann (Murkowski)(202.224.7875) Bingaman and Murkowski Release CES White Paper March 21, 2011 Today, Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski released a white paper soliciting comment broadly on key questions and potential designs elements of a Clean Energy Standard (CES). The full text of the […]
Clean Energy Standard (CES) White Paper
The purpose of this document is to lay out some of the key questions and potential design elements of a CES, in order to solicit input from a broad range of interested parties, to facilitate discussion, and to ascertain whether or not consensus can be achieved.
Week Ahead (Mar. 21-25)
Because of the spring recess, the Committee has no official business scheduled. Go-To Guy. If you haven’t done so already, check out what Chairman Bingaman said this week about gasoline and oil prices, the nuclear crisis in Japan, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. ABC Topline. On Tuesday, March 15, Bingaman spoke to […]
Sen. Murkowski on America’s Tremendous Resource Potential
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 17, 2011 MEGAN HERMANN (202) 224-7875 Sen. Murkowski on America’s Tremendous Resource Potential WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, spoke on the Senate floor today about a newly-released Congressional Research Service report that estimates the United States has the largest […]
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Hydropower Improvement Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 18, 2011 MEGAN HERMANN (202) 224-7875 Senators Introduce Bipartisan Hydropower Improvement Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday introduced the Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011 (S. 629), which was co-sponsored by Sens. Begich (D-AK), Bingaman (D-NM), Cantwell (D-WA), […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on Global Trends in Clean Energy Technologies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 17, 2011 MEGAN HERMANN (202) 224-7875 Sen. Murkowski Comments on Global Trends in Clean Energy Technologies WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following opening statement at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine […]