By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Final Request for Proposals for the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) procurement at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the Fort Saint Vrain facility near Platteville, Colorado.
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republicans last week unveiled 15 bills as part of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee agenda to ensure American leadership in emerging technologies to beat China and other challenges to global competitiveness. Here’s what members and stakeholders are saying about this effort.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) selected two projects to receive approximately $10 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002192, Extreme Environment Materials for Power Generation.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s announcement on lowering insulin costs for seniors.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold the Committee’s first fully remote hearing on Tuesday, June 2, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “On the Front Line: How Governors are Battling the COVID-19 Pandemic."
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2020
News Release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions released the following statement today after the Trump Administration submitted a new report to Congress outlining their national testing strategy...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® postponed its 2020 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge from June 2020 to April 16-18, 2021. The event, originally scheduled to be part of the 2020 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, will move from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to the Department of...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: We interviewed U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Director Carmelo Melendez about the unprecedented response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He explained how the organization transitioned from a field-centric organization, with sites and offices spread across the country, to one primarily defined by teleworking, all while ensuring that sites remain protective of people and the environment.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar demanding the...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to White House Coronavirus...
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation authorization to construct and operate the Alaska LNG project.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: As part of today’s $53 million announcement by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research and development projects, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced selection of 106 new projects across 26 states, totaling nearly $21.3 million in funding.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) penned a letter to ByteDance Founder and CEO Mr. Yiming Zhang regarding data privacy concerns with TikTok.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2020
Release: 256 Grants Will Support Innovation and Job Creation
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today led a group of senators in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging additional regulatory relief for companies utilizing the energy investment tax credit (ITC) and production tax credit (PTC). Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., also signed the letter.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will soon resume environmental cleanup at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) in Simi Valley through an agreement with the State of California. This important step allows active work to restart after more than a decade.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a full committee hearing to consider the nomination of Mark Menezes to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE). The Senate confirmed Menezes as Under Secretary for Energy by voice vote in November 2017.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of the University of Texas - San Antonio to lead the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), a public-private consortium to bolster U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, energy efficiency, and innovation. CyManII will focus on early-stage research and development (R&D) to advance cybersecurity in energy-efficient manufacturing.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of the University of Texas - San Antonio to lead the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), a public-private consortium to bolster U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, energy efficiency, and innovation. CyManII will focus on early-stage research and development (R&D) to advance cybersecurity in energy-efficient manufacturing.
