Barrasso: Reality is Catching Up with Biden’s Energy Fantasies
Click here to watch Senator Barrasso’s opening remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to examine federal electric vehicle incentives. The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable David M. Turk, Deputy Secretary of […]
ICYMI: Manchin, Colleagues Urge EPA to Revise Power Plant Rule That Would Raise West Virginia Energy Costs
Charleston, WV — Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Jon Tester (D-MT) called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise a proposed rule that would jeopardize grid reliability, harm energy workers, and raise energy costs for West Virginians. In the letter, […]
Manchin: Administration Kneecapping Hydrogen Projects
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the below statement following the release of proposed rules by the U.S. Department of Treasury on the use of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The proposal imposes onerous rules—which were not included in the IRA—that […]
Manchin Statement on Lease Sale 261
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the below statement following Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261. “The United States is more energy secure today than ever before because of the Inflation Reduction Act and its mandate to utilize all of our country’s abundant resources, including […]
Barrasso, Capito: FERC Must Fix EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan 2.0
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and Commissioners James Danly, Allison Clements, […]
Barrasso, Capito to EPA: Illegal Proposal to Close Power Plants Will Jeopardize America’s Grid, Raise Costs for Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to again outline significant concerns with the administration’s […]
Manchin Requests GAO Legal Opinion on Administration’s Ability to Issue Temporary IRS Guidance That Violates the Inflation Reduction Act
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a legal opinion on whether guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for implementing section 30D — the Clean Vehicle Tax Credit — of the Inflation Reduction Act, is subject to review under the […]
Manchin Announces $37M for West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to Reduce Methane Emissions, Restore Well Sites
Charleston, WV – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection will receive $37,791,464 in grant funding through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Methane Emissions Reduction Program to reduce methane emissions from low-producing oil […]
Barrasso Calls on DOE Inspector General to Investigate Favoritism in Loan Programs Office Grant Process
Letter notes “significant questions about the impartiality of the LPO’s operations.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to Teri L. Donaldson, Inspector General of the Department of Energy (DOE), highlighting questions about inappropriate outside influence on the work […]
ENR Advances Legislation Supporting Wyoming’s Resources
Click here to watch Senator Barrasso’s opening remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) convened a business meeting at which members approved multiple pieces of legislation. Among the bills approved were two introduced by ENR ranking member John Barrasso (R-WY). Those bills are S. 1662, the Pilot Butte […]