The Week Ahead (May 4-8)
v On Tuesday, May 5, the full committee will consider the nominations of Daniel Poneman to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, David Sandalow to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy, Rhea Suh to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior and Michael Connor to be Commissioner of Reclamation. (Dirksen […]
Bipartisan Bill Boosts Green Financing
Large-scale deployment of innovative technologies is essential to advancing a new, sustainable and affordable energy and industrial regime. Investments in the deployment of these new energy technologies have lagged far behind what will be necessary to meet the challenges of energy and climate security. A leading cause of this underinvestment is the difficulty promising technologies […]
Hearings and Mark-ups
At tomorrow’s mark-up, members of Senate Energy plan to “walk-through” draft legislation related to the siting, planning and cost allocations of electricity transmission. “Walk through” is a legislative term which basically means a discussion of proposed legislation, where questions are asked, explanations provided, changes proposed, objections voiced, support offered and so on. There will […]
Murkowski offers legislation promoting ocean energy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 APRIL 29, 2009 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 MURKOWSKI OFFERS LEGISLATION PROMOTING OCEAN ENERGY WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced legislation to encourage development of renewable ocean energy. Murkowski introduced companion legislation to a bill introduced in […]
Legislation would increase the availability of credit for clean energy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 April 28, 2009 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 LEGISLATION WOULD INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT FOR CLEAN ENERGY WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called for greater federal support of clean energy technologies. Murkowski, the ranking Republican on […]
Bingaman on Green Financing
This morning, Chairman Jeff Bingaman and Ranking Republican Lisa Murkowski led a full committee hearing on the “21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act,” legislation designed to increase the availability of financing for deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies and to enhance America’s competitiveness in this rapidly-expanding business sector. Chairman Bingaman: “Yesterday, the […]
The Week Ahead (April 27 – May 1)
v On Tuesday, April 28, the full committee will consider legislation to improve the availability of financing for deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies and to enhance United States’ competitiveness in this market through the creation of a Clean Energy Deployment Administration within the Department of Energy. A joint discussion draft of […]
Bingaman: Energy Bill to Tackle Key Issues
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee has been working toward producing a bipartisan, comprehensive energy bill since the beginning of this Congress. By the end of this week, we will have held 13 hearings and the committee staff will have organized 30 staff briefings on the topics that would be included in such a bill. […]
Bingaman on Energy Efficiency Resource Standard
The Senate Energy Committee today reviewed the pros and cons of requiring utility companies and others to implement programs to reduce consumer energy demand through a national energy efficiency resource standard (EERS). Such a measure would set required levels of nationwide electricity and natural gas savings to be achieved through a variety of consumer and […]
Murkowski pushes energy efficiency, opposes new mandate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 April 22, 2009 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 MURKOWSKI PUSHES ENERGY EFFICIENCY, OPPOSES NEW MANDATE WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reiterated her belief that enhanced energy efficiency should be central to the nation’s energy policy, but said she […]