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• Sanders Introduces "Stand-Alone" LIHEAP Bill; Reid Agrees to "Fast Track"

  On June 25, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced S.3186, The Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer Act. This legislation would provide $2.53 billion in fiscal year 2008 emergency funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) Program. Fifty percent Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:40 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-1-08 by Article

• Inslee Introduces Bill to Guarantee Purchases/Grid Access for Renewables; Delahunt Cosponsors

  On June 26, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), along with Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), and Mike Honda (D-CA), introduced the Renewable Energy Jobs and Security Act . The bill would provide guaranteed renewable-energy payments (also known as Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:40 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-1-08 by Article

• Sens. Reed and Collins Request Emergency LIHEAP Funds

  On June 27, Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), along with forty-three Senate colleagues, sent a letter to the White House requesting the immediate release of $120 million in emergency contingency funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:39 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-1-08 by Article

• House Committee Holds Oversight Hearing on Rural Electric Coops

  On Thursday, June 26, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a lengthy oversight hearing on "Government and Financial Accountability of Rural Electric Cooperatives: The Pedernales Experience." Witnesses included the new Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:38 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-1-08 by Article