A U.S. senator and representative from Colorado on Tuesday wrote to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, a fellow Coloradan, urging that the federal government take steps to make so-called “produced water” from oil and gas production accessible to supplement depleted water supplies. They want drought-stricken areas, such as Colorado, to benefit from use of the byproduct of traditional fuel generation.
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Bingaman Not Interested in Becoming DOE Secretary
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) “has respectfully indicated” that he is not interested in the job of energy secretary in the Obama administration, a spokesman for the senator said. He believes he can do more to effect energy policy as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
December 1, 2008
Bingaman Not Interested in Becoming DOE Secretary
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) “has respectfully indicated” that he is not interested in the job of energy secretary in the Obama administration, a spokesman for the senator said. He believes he can do more to effect energy policy as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
November 26, 2008
Domenici Assails Senate Cap-and-Trade Legislation
A leading Republican senator on energy issues last Tuesday criticized the cap-and-trade legislation proposed by Sens. Joesph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) that seeks to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
April 28, 2008
Domenici Assails Senate Cap-and-Trade Legislation
A leading Republican senator on energy issues Tuesday criticized the cap-and-trade legislation proposed by Sens. Joesph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) that seeks to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
April 23, 2008
State Lawmaker Accuses Sempra of Perjury; Company Denies
The California state senator who led two years of investigation of the wholesale energy market meltdown in the state Wednesday fired a shot at Sempra Energy’s trading operation, alleging it lied to his special legislative committee in 2002 and saying he was referring his allegations to the Sacramento County district attorney.
February 21, 2005
State Lawmaker Accuses Sempra of Perjury; Company Denies
The California state senator who led two years of investigation of the wholesale energy market meltdown in the state Wednesday fired a shot at Sempra Energy’s trading operation, alleging it lied to his special legislative committee in 2002 and saying he was referring his allegations to the Sacramento County district attorney.
February 18, 2005
Senator Calls for New Federal Agency to Oversee Grid Reliability
Just days away from the one-year anniversary of the historic Aug. 14, 2003 blackout, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) last week called for the creation of a new federal agency with the authority to develop and enforce reliability standards for the grid. He also released a new report that he says shows that the electricity grid remains exposed to further blackouts.
August 16, 2004
U.S. Senator Voices Confidence in Texas Efforts to Avoid Blackout
In an exclusive interview with NGI, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Friday voiced confidence that Texas is doing everything it can to prevent a blackout from occurring in the state. Cornyn made his comments after meeting with officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) at the end of the week and touring ERCOT’s control room.
October 13, 2003
CA Energy Legislation Not Dead, State Senator Says
Some form of energy reform legislation could get through California’s state legislature before the current session ends in September, according to one of the lawmakers whose re-regulation proposal was sacked by a lower house Assembly committee last week. At least four major proposals died in committees or were turned into two-year bills.
July 21, 2003
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