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This week, Congress was once again unable to reach a compromise on a long-term budget, instead passing the sixth short-term continuing resolution (CR) of FY 2011, which will now fund the government through April 8. While lawmake...
Posted Friday, March 18th, 2011 at 2:15 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Gas Prices, Legislation
Justin Lahart in today's WSJ: "Rising Oil Prices Raise the Specter of a Double Dip." Yep. A year ago, energy-minded folks were wondering whether spring would bring Middle East chaos caused by an Israeli preemptive strike on ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 6:50 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Gas Prices, Legislation, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
The energy policy landscape of Capitol Hill continues to change as Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) announced this afternoon that he would not be running for reelection in 2012. Bingaman serves as Chairman of the Energy and Natura...
Posted Friday, February 18th, 2011 at 3:05 pm | Filed in: Energy Efficiency, Legislation
President Obama’s 2012 budget is set to be released on Monday, and early indications show that the administration is willing to make difficult choices. At the same time, the continuing resolution that funds the government is d...
Posted Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 3:16 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
Capitol Hill got moving on energy issues this week as lawmakers began to work on the objectives laid out in President Obama’s State of the Union speech. With newly introduced legislation on electric vehicles and buzz surroundi...
Posted Friday, February 4th, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Filed in: Legislation, Oil Dependence
With President Obama’s second State of the Union address set to be delivered next Tuesday, everyone on Capitol Hill is anxiously waiting to hear what the legislative agenda will hold for 2011. While the speech is sure to be do...
Posted Friday, January 21st, 2011 at 3:04 pm | Filed in: Gas Prices, Legislation, Oil Dependence
Anne Mulkern in this morning's E&E Daily has a nice piece about so-called "clean energy standards" otherwise known as "clean energy portfolio standards" or "diverse energy standards." Whether CES, CEPS, or DES, the point is ...
Posted Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 9:45 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Legislation
This week, Congressional leaders began preparing for a legislative response to the final report released by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Citing mismanagement, systemic fail...
Posted Friday, January 14th, 2011 at 2:58 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence
Over the past few weeks, those hoping for strong energy legislation have been consistently disappointed by the gridlock that has forced energy measures to the bottom of the legislative agenda. This week, legislators on Capitol Hi...
Posted Friday, December 17th, 2010 at 12:33 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
Capitol Hill was abuzz this week with the debate over the extension of Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits in the tax extenders package. While these hot-button issues dominated national headlines, many smaller, yet impor...
Posted Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 2:02 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
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