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Leader Rodgers: “This is Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist agenda to destroy freedom.”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s markup of the Democrat’s Build More Inflation Act, Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist scheme to destroy freedom and embolden America’s enemies on the backs of American families.


Department of Energy Releases Two Requests for Information on Solar

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released two requests for information (RFI) seeking input on pathways to use solar energy to decarbonize industrial processes and on impacts of large-scale solar plants on wildlife and ecosystems. Both topics were identified in DOE’s Solar Futures Study, which...


DOE Announces Contract Awards for Crude Oil Sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-mandated Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.


News Release: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11 is a milestone of sorts and gives people the chance to reflect on the last 20 years, while looking forward. Nevertheless, most people clearly remember where they were and how they felt that tragic day.


DOE Announces Contract Awards for Crude Oil Sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Release: Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-mandated Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.


DOE Authorizes Second Exxon Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Bolster Fuel Supply Chain Following Hurricane Ida

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to conduct a second exchange with ExxonMobil Baton Rouge for an additional 1,500,000 barrels of crude oil. With the release of an initial 1,500,000 barrels to ExxonMobil and 300,000 barrels to Placid Refining...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now accepting applications for the next class of its Operational Technology (OT) Defender Fellowship aimed at expanding the cybersecurity knowledge and capabilities of U.S. energy sector cyber defenders. The fellowship is a unique, tailored, and highly selective education program for middle- and senior-level OT cybersecurity and operations managers from U.S. electricity, oil, and natural gas companies.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to conduct a second exchange with ExxonMobil Baton Rouge for an additional 1,500,000 barrels of crude oil. With the release of an initial 1,500,000 barrels to ExxonMobil and 300,000 barrels to Placid Refining...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced approximately $10 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 2519, Natural Gas Demand Response Pilot Program.


DOE Announces Nearly $65 Million for Biofuels Research to Reduce Airplane and Ship Emissions

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of a White House roundtable to launch the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Grand Challenge to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $64.7 million in funding for projects focused on producing cost-effective, low-carbon biofuels.


U.S. Department of Energy Announces Finalists Advancing to Final Stage of "Waves to Water" Desalination Prize

News Release: Today, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced five winners in the CREATE Stage of the Waves to Water Prize, a competition focused on using the power of waves to develop clean energy-powered desalination technologies to help provide potable water to communities in need.


DOE Authorizes Second Exxon Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Bolster Fuel Supply Chain Following Hurricane Ida

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Department of Energy authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to conduct a second exchange with ExxonMobil Baton Rouge for an additional 1,500,000 barrels of crude oil. With the release of an initial 1,500,000 barrels to ExxonMobil and 300,000 barrels to Placid Refining, ...


News Release: Washington D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s expected announcement to force all federal workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine with no option for testing.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Republican lawmakers, led by Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), today urged U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to address recent and concerning reports regarding China-based technology company Huawei’s growing access to the U.S. semiconductor technology.


DOE Announces Call for 2022 Operational Technology Defender Fellowship Applications

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now accepting applications for the next class of its Operational Technology (OT) Defender Fellowship aimed at expanding the cybersecurity knowledge and capabilities of U.S. energy sector cyber defenders. The fellowship is a unique, tailored, and highly selective education program for middle- and senior-level OT cybersecurity and operations managers from U.S. electricity, oil, and natural gas companies.


DOE Announces Nearly $65 Million for Biofuels Research to Reduce Airplane and Ship Emissions

Release: Projects Align with Administration’s New Goal of Decarbonizing the Aviation Sector by 2050


Pallone Announces Full Committee Markup of Build Back Better Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Monday, Sept. 13, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on legislative recommendations for its budget reconciliation instructions, which were passed last month by the House and Senate.


Secretary Granholm and Minister Puri Relaunch the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership

Release: Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, held the first ministerial meeting of the newly revitalized U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership on September 9, 2021. This effort builds on decades of energy cooperation between the two ...


DOE Releases Solar Futures Study Providing the Blueprint for a Zero-Carbon Grid

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the Solar Futures Study detailing the significant role solar will play in decarbonizing the nation’s power grid. The study shows that by 2035, solar energy has the potential to power 40% of the nation’s electricity, drive deep decarbonization...


DOE Releases Solar Futures Study Providing the Blueprint for a Zero-Carbon Grid

Release: New Report Shows Solar Energy Rapidly Expands, Generating More Electricity in 2035 than All Homes Consume Today and Creating Economic Opportunities Across America