House Democrats made clear yesterday that they favor some of the same actions as the Republicans to resolve the current energy crisis — improving the energy transmission/transportation infrastructure, increased drilling on public lands, expedited permitting for pipelines and production tax credits — but they insist these can be accomplished without compromising the environment.
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House Dems Urge Abraham To Re-impose Service Prices
A number of top House Democrats, including Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO), recently urged Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham to initiate a rulemaking at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to re-impose cost of service prices for all wholesale power sales in California and the other 12 states in the Western Systems Coordinating Council, including full refunds back to October of last year.
May 14, 2001
House Dems Fire Salvos at Barton Bill, FERC
Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) emergency legislation for California and FERC’s decision last week to rein in prices on emergency spot transactions in the state’s wholesale power market were broadsided by Democrats on the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Tuesday.
May 10, 2001
Barton Changes CA Bill to Mollify Dems
Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) of the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee has stripped out contentious environmental and air quality provisions of his emergency legislation for California that came under attack from Democrats on the panel and state officials last week (see Daily GPI, May 2).
May 10, 2001
House Dems Urge Abraham To Re-impose Service Prices
A number of top House Democrats, including Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO), last week urged Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham to initiate a rulemaking at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to re-impose cost of service prices for all wholesale power sales in California and the other 12 states in the Western Systems Coordinating Council, including full refunds back to October of last year.
May 9, 2001
Barton, FERC Efforts for CA Unwelcomed by Dems
A House GOP stopgap bill for California and FERC’s decision to limit price mitigation to emergency spot transactions in the state’s wholesale power market were broadsided by House and Senate Democrats last week, as well as by California energy officials.
May 7, 2001
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