Morgan Meguire News

On Wednesday, August 1, Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Fred Upton (R-MI) introduced H.R. 3281, the “Community Broadband Act of 2007.”  The bill, strongly supported by public power, would prohibit states from precluding municipal governments from offering competitive alternatives to incumbent providers.  This legislation is ...

On Saturday, August 4, the House passed an energy bill, H.R. 3221, the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act, by a vote of 241-172, largely along party lines.  The House also passed an energy tax bill, H.R. 2776, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, by vote of 221-189, which ...

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) is readying a bill for introduction, called the "Rural Clean Energy Super Highways Bill," designed to promote the development of new transmission facilities to make more capacity available for potential renewable resources.  The Inslee bill would authorize the President to designate areas that meet certain ...

On August 2, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA), both members of the Senate Environment and Public Work (EPW) Committee, announced details of their climate change proposal, titled the "America's Climate Security Act of 2007."  The bill, expected to be introduced in the Fall, calls for a 70 percent reduction in ...

On July 17, Jonathan Black, staff to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bingaman and Tom Dower, staff to Sen. Specter, discussed with utility stakeholders the senators' "Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007."  The Bingaman-Specter bill has the support of some industry and labor organizations, including American ...

On Wednesday, August 1, Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Fred Upton (R-MI) introduced H.R. 3281, the “Community Broadband Act of 2007.”  The bill, strongly supported by public power, would prohibit states from precluding municipal governments from offering competitive alternatives to incumbent providers.  This legislation is ...