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This week, a new 12-18 month waiting period was announced, and both Democrats and Republicans in Washington let out a collective groan of frustration. The news, however, was not of another delay in the seemingly interminable wai...
Posted Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 6:02 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Supply, Legislation
Primary election results dominated the news this week, with climate and energy policy playing a key role. The most surprising winner (pending absentee ballot results) was Alaska Republican Joe Miller, who appears well on his way...
Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 9:55 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
On the heels of the Senate’s inability pass a significant energy bill this summer, Senators left DC two weeks ago for recess. At home, much like in DC, the cacophony of opinions on energy policy continued.
Greenwire reports...
Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 10:22 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation
At the beginning of the week, Democrats were clinging to slim hopes of an energy bill passing through the Senate. On Tuesday, it became clear that the Senate calendar would not allow for both an energy debate and the confirmatio...
Posted Friday, August 6th, 2010 at 8:58 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
This week, House democrats released their oil spill response plan, and shortly thereafter, Senator Harry Reid published the Senate’s legislation, the “Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010.”
In Thur...
Posted Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 10:45 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
The notion of having the government intervene to spark growth in new industries has received a lot of attention lately, particularly in Congressional debates around whether or not to support the development and deployment of el...
Posted Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 6:20 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Economics, Legislation
General Motors today announced the pricing of the eagerly-anticipated Chevy Volt. Once federal tax rebates are taken into account, the Volt will cost approximately $33,500. The Volt—a plug-in hybrid with a 40-mile electric-o...
Posted Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 10:45 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
After months of waiting, this Thursday, Washington finally received reports of the energy plan that Senator Harry Reid would bring to the floor of the US Senate. With the far left still clamoring for a “Carbon Cap” and the f...
Posted Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Environment, Legislation
As the August recess approaches, Harry Reid stands in the middle of a heated energy debate, with interests tugging at him from all sides. The hot topic in Washington this week is whether Senator Reid can keep an energy plan aliv...
Posted Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 11:15 am | Filed in: Legislation