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News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday introduced legislation to enhance the security of our nation’s electric grid. The bill, entitled the Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology (PROTECT) Act, establishes a grant program at the Department of Energy to advance ...

DOE Announces Intent to Issue New Funding Opportunity for Tribal Energy Infrastructure Development

Release: On Sept. 26, 2019 during his closing remarks at the National Tribal Energy Summit in D.C., Mark W. Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy announced that Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs issued a Notice of Intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Energy Infrastructure Development on Indian Lands - 2020”.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Communications and Technology Legislative Hearing to Secure America’s Wireless Future

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled “Legislating to Secure America’s Wireless Future:"

Walden Remarks at Hearing on Securing the Country’s Communications Networks

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Legislating to Secure America’s Wireless Future."

DOE Announces Intent to Issue New Funding Opportunity for Tribal Energy Infrastructure Development

News Release: On Sept. 26, 2019 during his closing remarks at the National Tribal Energy Summit in D.C., Mark W. Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy announced that Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs issued a Notice of Intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Energy Infrastructure Development on Indian Lands - 2020".

Department of Energy Invests $4.6M in Produced Water Treatment

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected four projects to receive approximately $4.6 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D). The projects will accelerate the development and commercialization of treatment technologies that reduce waste...

Murkowski, Manchin, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen America’s Cybersecurity

News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., James Risch, R-Idaho, Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Angus King, I-Maine, today introduced legislation to enhance the security of our nation’s electric grid. The bill, entitled the Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology ...

Pallone Opening Remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Markup of 15 Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup of 15 bills...

Walden Opening Remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Markup of 15 Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup today of 15 bills to address key environmental problems of the past, present, and future.

Hearing Scheduled on Corporate Responsibility Online, Consumer Protection & the Pros and Cons of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology and Consumer...

Energy Department Congratulates 'Plug-and-Play DER Challenge' Finalists

News Release: The nation’s power grid is becoming much more complex as more distributed energy resources (DERs) - solar, wind, energy storage, controllable loads - connect to the grid. Enabling this growing ecosystem of resources and devices to work together in a coordinated manner is vital to the Nation’s grid modernization efforts.

Walden and Shimkus Statement on Nuclear Waste, PFAS Legislation Following Subcommittee Markup

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement applauding the passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (H.R. 2699) during a subcommittee markup today of 15 environment bills.

Walden Makes Staff Announcement for Energy and Commerce Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announces a new member of the senior staff for the committee Republicans.

Energy Committee Advances 21 More Bills to Full Senate

News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today held a business meeting to consider and report 21 energy and water-related measures to the full Senate, including bills to promote energy storage, grid security and modernization, cleaner industrial technologies, and energy efficiency.

ENR Advances Consensus Energy Storage Legislation

News Release: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ranking Member Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., today advanced a comprehensive energy storage package to the full Senate during a business meeting held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Oversight Hearing on Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled “Sounding the Alarm: The Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes:"

Department of Energy Announces Winners of Solar Prize and Two New Innovative Solar Initiatives

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, at Solar Power International, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Daniel R Simmons, announced the winners of the first round of the American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing. As part of the prize, the winners each received $500,000 in cash for use at DOE National Laboratories.

Walden Slams Partisan Pelosi Plan, Calls on Democrats to Focus on Bipartisan Efforts to Lower Drug Costs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing today, “Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable: Legislation to Negotiate a Better Deal for Americans."

Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Prescription Drug Negotiation Legislation