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News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - An innovative team of truck drivers, engineers, mechanics and others has revamped trucks to make them more functional while transporting samples to support the tank waste mission at the Hanford Site.
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Maricopa County attorney resigns after failing to file 180 misdemeanor charges
Maricopa County Attorney Alister Adel on March 21 announced her resignation after she failed to file 180 misdemeanor criminal case charges on time.
Energy
E&C Democrats Outline Priorities on Implementation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Investments
News Release: Seventeen Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee wrote to Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), today outlining their recommendations and priorities as the agency implements the broadband programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Energy
Dynamic Load Modeling Workshop
News Release: The U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) hosted a dynamic load modeling workshop to review current related projects on March 24, 2022. The workshop highlighted and gathered feedback on OE research with respect to dynamic load modeling and built community among researchers and with industry.
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WTP Contractor Earns Approximately 74% of Award Fee at Hanford Site
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection awarded Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) approximately $5.8 million, about 74% of the available fee for work performed during the 2021 calendar year.
Energy
Secretary Granholm Talks With Chairs of Three Tribes Near Hanford Site
News Release: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently joined representatives of three tribes near the Hanford Site for a series of meetings to discuss a variety of topics, from contracting opportunities with DOE to protection of wildlife and natural resources.
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Rodgers and Guthrie Statement on Two Health Bills Signed into Law
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and H.R. 189, the John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021.
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Department of Energy Announces $34.5 Million for Improved Bioenergy Resource Recovery and Conversion Systems
News Release: New funding opportunity helps underserved communities turn waste into a resource for a clean and equitable energy economy.
Energy
'One Hanford' Virtual Job Fair Showcases Opportunities at Hanford Site
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM and its contractor partners at the Hanford Site recently hosted an online job fair that attracted more than 1,500 participants.
Energy
E&C Leaders Demand Answers from Utility Companies on Alarmingly High Shutoff Rates During COVID-19 Pandemic
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to six utility companies today demanding answers for high customer shutoff rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letters were sent to the executives of Dominion Energy, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, Exelon, NextEra Energy, and Southern Company.
Energy
DOE Awards $9 Million to Tribal Communities To Enhance Energy Security And Resilience
Release: Funding will Affect 1,200 Tribal Buildings, Create $48.5 Million in Energy Savings and Support 13 Indian Tribes and Tribal Entities Across the Country
Energy
Leader Rodgers Urges FERC to Flip the Switch to Unleash American Energy
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) meeting today where the Commission walked back its controversial natural gas policy statements.
Energy
Rodgers, Westerman, & Graves Call on Congressional Leadership to Address Key Barriers to U.S. Energy Security in China Bill
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), together with House Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican Leader Sam Graves (R-MO), led a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calling on them to ensure congressional China bill reforms regulatory barriers posing significant challenges to American energy competitiveness and security.
Energy
Oak Ridge's UCOR Earns 98% of Fee for 7 Months of 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM recently awarded Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR $24.7 million for its performance from April 2021 through October 2021, amounting to 98% of the available fee for the evaluation period.
Energy
Manchin, Energy Secretary Granholm, Interior Secretary Haaland And Interagency Working Group Visit West Virginia, Announce Investments Across The State
Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and representatives from the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities visited several sites in Cabell, Fayette and Kanawha counties to highlight new investments in West Virginia.
Energy
Manchin, Committee Consider Nuclear Energy Nominee
Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Kathryn Huff to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, underscored the need to preserve and expand the United States’ nuclear fleet, highlighting that nuclear energy is critical to providing reliable power and addressing climate change.
Energy
PNNL Researchers Protect Groundwater with Science-Based Solutions
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - One of the nation’s most complex environmental management challenges is detecting, monitoring and remediating contaminated groundwater.
Energy
Idaho National Laboratory Completes Sixth Core Overhaul for Advanced Test Reactor
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) recently completed the sixth major core overhaul of the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR).
Energy
DOE Invests $2.4 Million for Next-Generation Energy Storage Technologies
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $2.4 million in funding for three projects to advance novel thermal and hydrogen energy storage technologies toward increased duration, reliability and affordability.
Energy
Collisions of “Isobars” Produce Surprising Result
Isobars are two different elements that have the same total number of nucleons (protons and neutrons) but a different mix of these particles.
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