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• Formal Energy Bill Conference; On-Again/Off-Again

  On Wednesday October 10, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that leadership would try to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the pending energy bills without formally going to conference with the Senate ( i.e . negotiations would be behind Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:37 AM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 10-24-07 by Article

• COMPETE Coalition Touts Benefits of RTO-Markets; Adds Spokesperson

  According to recent trade press (Restructuring Today 10/23), the COMPETE Coalition, an alliance of investor-owned utilities, large industrial customers and others that favor wholesale and retail electricity competition, issued a press release announcing Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:36 AM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 10-24-07 by Article

• EXTEND Coalition Meets with Speaker's Office on Energy Bill

  On Wednesday, October 10, the EXTEND coalition met with Arshi Siddiqui, Tax Policy Advisor for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to encourage the inclusion of significant energy efficiency tax incentives in the final "energy independence" bill. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:35 AM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 10-24-07 by Article

• EEI Sends Letter to Chairman Boxer on Need for "Safety Value"

  On October 17, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the national trade association representing investor-owned utilities, sent a letter to the Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Barbara Boxer (D-CA), regarding climate legislation. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:34 AM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 10-24-07 by Article