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• House Democrats Release Comprehensive Climate/Energy Bill

  On March 31, House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) released a draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act , which proposes a cap on carbon emissions Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:26 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-7-09 by Article

• Senate Energy Committee Starts Consideration of Comprehensive Energy Legislation

  On March 31, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee held the first in a series of markups on a comprehensive energy bill. The bill ultimately reported out by the committee is not expected to include a climate change component, because Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:25 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-7-09 by Article

• New GOP Energy Policy Group Sends Letter to Waxman and Markey

  On March 30, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) announced that House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) will chair the newly created House GOP American Energy Solutions Group, to help "craft Republican solutions to lower energy Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:24 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-7-09 by Article

• Two More Senate bills to expand FERC Transmission Authority

  On April 1, Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-ND), who sits on the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, introduced the National Energy Security Act (S. 774) that would expand FERC siting Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:22 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 4-7-09 by Article