By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Ms. Wahleah Johns, Senior Advisor and Acting Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, and Mr. Jigar Shah, Executive Director of the DOE Loan Programs Office, will host a 2-hour virtual roundtable discussion session on funding and financing tribal energy projects on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will work with 11 remote and island communities around the United States and provide federal assistance to bolster their energy infrastructure, reduce the risk of outages, and improve their future energy and economic outlook. Due...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently teamed up to dive into some inspection and maintenance activities that were anything but routine.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of the Biden Administration's effort to safeguard U.S. critical infrastructure from persistent and sophisticated threats, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched an initiative to enhance the cybersecurity of electric utilities’ industrial control systems (ICS) and secure...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) recently reduced the cost of treating wastewater, a vital function to EM’s cleanup mission, by consolidating capabilities into a single facility.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) workers are preparing to remove ductwork that carried exhaust from past operations at the Main Plant Process Building as part of deactivation preparations for the facility’s future demolition - among EM ’s 2021 priorities.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of the Biden Administration's effort to safeguard U.S. critical infrastructure from persistent and sophisticated threats, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched an initiative to enhance the cybersecurity of electric utilities’ industrial control systems (ICS) and secure...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently completed actions to stabilize three at-risk underground structures on the Hanford Site ’s Central Plateau.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ’s (WIPP) commitment to its mission includes a move to low-emission and battery-electric vehicles in its underground repository.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, April 27, at 1 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Consumer Protection and Recovery Act: Returning Money to Defrauded Consumers."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - For the first time, camera-mounted drones recently hovered, dipped, and glided above EM ’s remediated waste sites at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to ensure the structural integrity of the protective covers over them.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team is on track to conduct the next phase of safety testing inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility, now that initial testing of its two “melter trains" is complete.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: Remote Communities Partner with DOE Experts and National Labs to Adopt Clean Energy Solutions that Reduce Energy Costs and Power Disruptions
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Generating Equity: Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future:"
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: DOE Kicks Off 100-Day Plan to Address Cybersecurity Risks to the U.S. Electric System, Seeks Input from Stakeholders on Safeguarding U.S. Critical Energy Infrastructure
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on Democrats’ plan to reintroduce the Green New Deal-the latest push to advance their socialist agenda and a complete government takeover of the economy.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) awarded former cleanup contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) more than $6.3 million, or about 78% of the available fee of more than $8.1 million for the first four months of the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Gold Eagle Mining, Inc., a Colorado company, is revising its reclamation plans for mines on lease tracts managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Uranium Leasing Program (ULP).
