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On May 5, the Northeast Public Power Association joined a large and diverse coalition of interests in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), urging them to do everything possible to "ensure prompt ...
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On Monday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 6, a delegation of NEPPA members lobbied their Members of Congress and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding recently introduced legislation, S. 2660/H.R. 5547, the Consumer Protection and Cost Accountability Act. The group included NEPPA's Legislative Committee Chairman Sharon Staz, ...
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On May 6, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) announced that the farm bill will include legislation providing oversight of energy markets. Feingold was the sponsor of an effort led by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Carl Levin (D-MI) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) which would ensure federal oversight of the electronic trading of oil and gas. The ...
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On May 12, Andrew Karsner, the Department of Energy's Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced the release of a DOE report indicating that it was technically feasibility to get 20 percent of the nation's electricity by wind generation by 2030.
Karsner began by discussing the Bush Administration's ...
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In an attempt to distance himself from President Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said on May 9 that he would support the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill S. 2191, which is expected to be considered on the Senate floor next month.
McCain had previously said he would hold off on endorsing ...
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