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On March 7th, President Bush re-nominated Joe Kelliher for a second term as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  Kelliher's term on the Commission expires on June 30, 2007.  Kelliher issued a statement that said, "I am deeply honored that President Bush has announced his intent to re-nominate me for a ...

On February 27, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) sent a letter addressed "Dear INDUSTRY" seeking guidance from 24 association and industry leaders, including APPA, on climate change.  The two asked for responses by March 19, ...

On February 27, President Bush met with key House and Senate Members to discuss ways to craft new energy legislation.  The goal of the meeting was to start a dialogue on energy matters with the "Big Four," which includes the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Energy and Resources and House Energy and Commerce ...

On March 1, Sens. Ken Salazar (D-CO), Jim Webb (D-VA), Jon Tester (D-MT), Jim Bunning (R-KY) and Jeff Bingaman introduced the National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 (S. 731) that would mandate a U.S. inventory on the potential for underground storage of greenhouse gas.  A companion bill (H.R. 1267) was introduced by ...

On March 7, the DOE plans to re-submit legislation to Congress aimed at boosting efforts to build the troubled Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository.  The legislation would change the budgeting process for the Nuclear Waste Fund, eliminate the current 70,000 metric ton limit, and provide permanent land withdrawals, among other ...