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• Senate Extenders Package Fails Again; Bipartisan Group Meets on “Possible” Compromise

  On July 30, by a largely party-line vote of 51-43, the Senate again failed to advance a package of renewable energy tax-credit extensions, and other tax extenders (S. 3335, the Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act). Sixty votes were needed Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:38 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 8-5-08 by Article

• Senate Oversight Hearing on the Recent Court Action Overturning EPA’s

  On July 29, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety held a hearing on the implications of the recent surprise DC Circuit Court opinion, which vacated the EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:36 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 8-5-08 by Article

• Senate Committee Holds Second Transmission Oversight Hearing

  On July 31, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its second oversight hearing on the U.S. transmission grid, this time concentrating on the siting, reliability and implementation of the new authorities Congress gave the Federal Energy Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:35 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 8-5-08 by Article

• Coops Respond To Waxman Inquiry on Certain “Business Practices”

  On July 31, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) responded to a July 18 letter from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) regarding certain business practices of electric coops and the association's Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:32 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 8-5-08 by Article