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  • APPA Holds Grassroots' EMRI Summit; NEPPA Participates

    On January 31, NEPPA's Pat Hyland and Morgan Meguire's Lori Pickford and Tom Porter attended the APPA Electric Market Reform Initiative (EMRI) "Grassroots Summit" in Washington, DC.  APPA organized the event with public relations firm Manning, Selvage and Lee (MS&L), which has been retained by APPA to manage the EMRI ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on February 6, 2008
  • Stimulus Package Passes Senate Committee; CREBs & LIHEAP Added

    On January 30, the Senate Finance Committee passed a $158 billion economic stimulus package, with Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) spearheading a successful effort to add a package of clean energy and energy-efficiency tax incentives to the bill.  Separately, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) joined together ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on February 6, 2008
  • President Releases FY 2009 Budget

    On February 4, the White House released the President's proposed budget for FY 09. The proposal is non-binding, but provides a "blueprint" for Congress in preparing its spending bills. Of interest to NEPPA, the President's FY 09 budget: Eliminates all funding for the Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI) program. The ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on February 6, 2008
  • Senate Hearing on Carbon Capture and Sequestration

    On January 30, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to consider carbon capture, transportation and sequestration and receive testimony on S. 2323 offered by Sen. Kerry (D-MA), and S. 2144 by Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN).  S. 2323, the Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007, would direct the ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on February 6, 2008
  • House Energy Committee Releases Second Climate Change White Paper

    On January 30, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) released a White Paper addressing U.S. competitiveness concerns and the need to engage developing countries with regard to climate change.  They also announced that the committee will hold a ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on February 6, 2008
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