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DOE Announces an Additional $47 Million in Funding for Commercial Scaling of Transformational Energy Technology Projects

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an additional $47 million in funding for seven projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. These ...



News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement following his phone call with Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM), whom President-elect Biden intends to nominate for U.S. Secretary of the Interior.


Senator Barrasso has Phone Call with Energy Nominee Jennifer Granholm

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement following his phone call with former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, whom President-elect Biden intends to nominate for U.S. Secretary of Energy.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA) sent letters today to nine internet service providers (ISPs) questioning their commitment to consumers amid ISPs raising prices and imposing data caps during the COVID-19 pandemic.


U.S. Department of Energy Announces Public Hearings on the Draft Versatile Test Reactor Environmental Impact Statement

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold two webcast public hearings to present information and accept comments on the Draft Versatile Test Reactor Environmental Impact Statement (VTR EIS). DOE is hosting internet-based public hearings in place of in-person hearings due to ongoing public health...


Department of Energy Issues Policy Statement Streamlining Short-Term LNG Export Authorizations

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the issuance of a policy statement that removes the requirement for long-term LNG export authorization holders to seek separate short-term authorizations to export the same volumes approved for long-term exports. By consolidating this authority in a single authorization without any increase in total approved export volumes, DOE believes this action will streamline its regulatory process.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) is happy to announce the release of a Spanish-language version of our report,.


U.S. Department of Energy Delivers on Key Step Toward Tank Waste Treatment at Hanford

Release: RICHLAND, WA – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Hanford workers have substantially completed construction of the Waste Treatment Plant’s Low Activity Waste facility. Under construction for 18 years, the completion of construction marks a milestone at the Hanford site. Delivering ...


Secretary Brouillette Names John Hairston Administrator and CEO of Bonneville Power Administration

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette named John Hairston as Administrator and CEO of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Hairston has served as Acting Administrator and CEO since September 2020 and has dedicated the last 29 years to service at BPA in various positions. ...


Department of Energy Releases ‘Energy for Space’ Strategy

Release: Policy Recommendations Support America’s Renewed Leadership in Space


News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Pandemic Scams Act (H.R. 6435) into law.


A Partnership for Public Engagement

Release: For many people, the annual Nobel Prize announcement is the only time of the year that they consider the role that discovery science plays in their lives. They use the results of that science every day, from electronics to medicine, but aren’t aware of the underlying research that created the foundation for those technologies – including amazing stories of human achievement.


News Release: House and Senate Democratic health care leaders called on the Trump administration to rescind policies in a proposed rule that would allow states to end the use of Healthcare.gov and state exchanges to enroll consumers in coverage.


Pallone Highlights Energy and Commerce Committee Accomplishments for the 116th Congress

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today highlighted the work of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the 116th Congress.


Chairman Murkowski Leads ENR to Another Productive Congress

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reflected on the work and accomplishments of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) over the past two years. The committee’s accomplishments in the 116th Congress (2019-2020) include a sweeping public lands and natural resources package, the ...


Walden Touts E&C Republicans’ Achievements in the 116th Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released a document detailing E&C Republicans’ legislative achievements in the 116th Congress. Walden released the following statement.


News Release: ICYMI: It would be easy to miss amid the passage of coronavirus relief and government funding for the rest of the fiscal year, but another significant milestone occurred last Sunday, when President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, into law.


Department of Energy Extends Fourth Set of LNG Export Authorizations Through 2050

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) extended the terms of five long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations through 2050. Today’s actions follow several LNG export term extensions issued since October pursuant to an export term policy statement DOE finalized in July.


Department of Energy Extends Fourth Set of LNG Export Authorizations Through 2050

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) extended the terms of five long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations through 2050. Today’s actions follow several LNG export term extensions issued since October pursuant to an export term policy statement DOE finalized in July.