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• McConnell and Grassley offer "Compromise" to Extend Tax Breaks

  On July 1, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Finance Committee Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a strong letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) calling on the Senate to Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:00 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-8-08 by Article

• Hearing on Boucher’s Carbon Capture and Storage Bill; Mark-up Possible

  On July 10, the House Energy and Commerce, Energy and Air Quality (E&AQ) Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) will hold a hearing on H.R. 6528, the Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act , a bill that would create a multibillion-dollar Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:58 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-8-08 by Article

• NEPPA Endorses Sanders LIHEAP Bill

  As was reported last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced S. 3186, the Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer Act, which would provide $2.53 billion in FY 08 emergency funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Majority Leader Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:56 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-8-08 by Article

• DOE Announces Solicitations for $30.5 Billion in Federal Loan Guarantees

  On June 30, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a second round of solicitations of up to $30.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for projects that would employ "advanced energy technologies that avoid, reduce or sequester air pollutants or Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:55 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 7-8-08 by Article