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News Release: EM ’s budget request for fiscal year 2023 will support advancements across the program complex, including progress on treating tank waste, skyline-changing building demolition, and initiatives to bolster cybersecurity, workforce development and outreach to communities, according to a newly released document.

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West Valley, Seneca Nation Honor Mother Earth With Sunrise Ceremony, Walk
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM ’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP ) marked Earth Day this year by joining the Cattaraugus Creek Water Walkerz and Onondowaga’ Water Protectors to pay tribute to Mother Earth and bring awareness to the importance of protecting the Cattaraugus Creek and Lake Erie watershed...
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Write to President Biden in Support of Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s Nomination to the ITU
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) wrote to President Biden today in support of Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s nomination to be Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations (UN).

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EM Safely Tears Down High Risk Building, Reactor at LLNL
News Release: LIVERMORE, Calif. - EM partnered with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to complete the recent demolition of a building and removal of a reactor to make room for new facilities on the lab’s 1-square-mile footprint.
Energy
E&C Announces Health Subcommittee Markup
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, May 11, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Energy
2020 Smart Grid System Report
News Release: What makes the grid “smart" is the application of digital, cyber infrastructure working with the physical system to perform the functions of sensing, communications, control, computing, and data and information management to inform planning and operations.
Energy
Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings on May 9
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Biden Administration Launches $2.5 Billion Fund to Modernize and Expand Capacity of America’s Power Grid
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on the structure of the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP), which President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law created to help build out critical new transmission lines...
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Write to President Biden in Support of Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s Nomination to the ITU
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to President Biden today in support of Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s nomination to be Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations (UN).

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Granholm: 'She brings endless enthusiasm and curiosity to her work' about Dr. Kathryn Huff's appointment as assistant secretary for nuclear energy
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm released a statement in response to the U.S. Senate's 80-11 bipartisan vote to confirm Dr. Kathryn Huff as assistant secretary for nuclear energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.

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New York State Electric & Gas Corporation; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests discussed on May 9 by Energy Department
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Energy
Statement by Secretary Granholm on U.S. Senate Confirmation of Dr. Asmeret Berhe
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement on yesterday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Dr. Asmeret Berhe with a bipartisan vote to serve as Director of the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Energy
Lock+TM discussed on May 9 by Energy Department
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Combined Notice of Filings #1 discussed on May 9 by Energy Department
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program Selects 80 Outstanding U.S. Graduate Students
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 80 graduate students representing 27 states for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program’s 2021 Solicitation 2 cycle.

Energy
Study Finds Distributed Wind Energy Potential Equivalent to Half of National Electricity Demand
NREL Study Identifies Opportunities for Distributed Wind to Empower Communities Across the United States

Energy
DOE Announces Long-Term Buyback Plan Ensuring Continued Availability of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
DOE to Initiate Transparent, Competitive Process to Replenish U.S. Emergency Crude Oil Distributed to Alleviate Global Supply Disruptions Caused by Putin’s War
Energy
New 2 1/2-Mile Pipeline, Tubing Support Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL ) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently installed piping and tubing to provide critical water and network data infrastructure to the Hanford Site ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ).
Energy
Transmission Facilitation Program
News Release: In support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP) that will help build out new interregional transmission lines across the country. The TFP, administered through the Building a Better Grid Initiative...

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Emergency Services Organizations Receive $90,000 in Donations From West Valley
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) joined the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to give $90,000 in donations to Mercy Flight, West Valley Fire District #1 and Bertrand Chaffee Hospital on behalf of the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP ).

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