Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy about issues facing the department amid the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary Brouillette…
591 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing to examine options to make high octane fuels and high efficiency vehicles more available. Members heard from represen…
536 viewsEnergy Secretary Rick Perry testified at a hearing on his agency’s priorities. At the start of the hearing, Secretary Perry defended his use of private and government planes for official bus…
1,198 viewsOfficials, including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chair Neil Chatterjee, testified on the electricity industry and the reliability of the U.S. electric grid. The hearing focus…
404 viewsLeaders of organizations representing manufacturers and the Department of Energy were among the witnesses testifying at a hearing on current and future energy consumption regulations for ele…
743 viewsThe House reconvened following a closed-door briefing on Iran, with members expected to debate several amendments to H.R. 1734, a bill dealing with coal ash disposal regulations.
View in Congressional Chronicle506 viewsEnergy Secretary Ernest Moniz testified at a hearing on the Obama administration’s first quadrennial energy review. The report provided policy recommendations for modernizing U.S. energy inf…
386 viewsEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before a joint hearing of two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees about the agency’s fiscal year 2016 budget.
1,902 viewsFederal regulators and energy industry officials testified at a House Environment Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on the disposal of coal ash from power plants and its effects on th…
724 viewsThe House passed by a 266-153 margin H.R. 3, a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. l.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,887 viewsJanet McCabe testified on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed carbon emissions regulations for existing power plants. The regulations would cut carbon pollution through a st…
1,048 viewsHouse and Senate members serving on energy policy congressional committees and industry leaders talked about energy policy in the 113th Congress. Topics included the impact of coal on climat…
590 viewsMembers of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) testified at an oversight hearing of the agency’s role and authority. They were all in agreement in their concerns over the increas…
746 viewsWitnesses testified on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fuel Standard (RSF), a government mandate that a certain amount of renewable fuels be used by refiners.
491 viewsNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commissioners testified at an oversight hearing of their agency. Some of the issues covered in the hearing included new safety recommendations in response…
555 viewsWitnesses testified about he origin and scope of the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program, lessons learned from the committee’s investigation into the Solyndra loan guarantee, energ…
526 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up a bill designed to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The measure would take that decision away from the State Department, inst…
210 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up a bill designed to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The measure would take that decision away from the State Department, inst…
326 viewsWitnesses testified on the Obama administration’s decision to deny a permit for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would have carried oil from Canada to the U.S.
647 viewsHeads of unions and organizations that advocate U.S. energy independence from foreign suppliers testified on the Canada-U.S. Keystone oil pipeline and its impact on jobs.
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