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• Senate Passes Short-Term Clean Energy Tax Package by a Vote of 88-8

  On April 10, the Senate passed, by a vote of 88-8, a Cantwell (D-WA)-Ensign (R-NV) amendment to the housing bill that extends an array of tax-based incentives for renewable energy production, conservation and energy efficiency initiatives. The Clean Energy Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:55 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-15-08 by Article

• Kelliher Sends Letter to Kerry on FERC's Incentive Rates Decision

  On March 21, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman, Joseph Kelliher sent a letter to Senator John Kerry (D-MA) in response to a February 6, 2007 letter from seven New England Senators regarding incentive rates for transmission owners in Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:54 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-15-08 by Article

• NEPPA Members to Meet with GAO on "Competitive Markets"

  On Wednesday, April 16, a number of NEPPA members and their key staff plan to meet with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent arm of Congress, to address questions regarding wholesale competitive markets and whether consumers are Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:54 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-15-08 by Article

• House Members Question Aid to Former EPA Administrator

  Republican Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Tom Davis (R-VA) are asking the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to investigate whether senior U.S. EPA officials violated federal lobbying rules in assisting a former agency administrator, who advocated Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:53 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-15-08 by Article