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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the U.S. Senate confirmation of Gene Rodrigues by voice vote to serve as Assistant Secretary for Electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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Hanford Suppliers Recognized for Contributions
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ) contractor team recently recognized project contributions by 14 suppliers by presenting them with Premier Supply Chain Contributor Awards during a ceremony at the Hanford Site.
Energy
U.S. Department of Energy Top Accomplishments in 2022
Release: * Fusion Energy Breakthrough: In December, scientists at the National Ignition Facility at DOE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved fusion ignition , creating more energy from fusion reactions than the energy used to start the process. It was the first time this has ever been achieved in ...
Energy
EM Awards Fees for Contractors’ Performance Across DOE Complex
News Release: EM recently awarded performance-based fees payments to 14 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex, including Hanford, Savannah River, Paducah, Portsmouth, Nevada, Idaho, Los Alamos and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Energy
Leaders Rodgers and Guthrie Statement on Passage of Bills to Reauthorize Rural Health Program and Child Cancer Research
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) issued the following statements regarding legislation that passed the House of Representatives today.
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House Chairs Share GAO Findings on Opportunities to Improve Energy Efficiency in Federal Buildings
News Release: On Thursday, Chair Kathy Castor of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Chairman Bobby L. Rush of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee...
Energy
Year in Review Highlights Progress as EM Shifts to Toughest Challenges Left
News Release: After more than 30 years of mitigating the most pressing environmental risks, EM is approaching a crossroads, shifting to remaining work that involves some of the toughest and most expensive challenges. EM summarized its cleanup accomplishments across the complex, including numerous major program priorities, in its 2022 Year in Review released today.
Energy
Manchin Praises Form Energy Announcement to Site First American Battery Manufacturing Plant in Weirton, West Virginia
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, praised the announcement from Form Energy, Inc. (Form Energy) that they have entered into an agreement with the State of West Virginia to build the first iron-air battery manufacturing ...
Energy
LM Plans Wildlife Conservation Initiatives at Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site
News Release: A wide diversity of animals and native plants call the Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site home.
Energy
Pallone and Rush Applaud House Passage of the Martha Wright-Reed Act
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following statement after the House passed S. 1541, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022, the companion bill to Rush’s H.R. 2489, the Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act...
Energy
Energy Department officials applaud 'historic' fusion ignition
An historic fusion ignition was conducted Dec. 5 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the federal research facility in Livermore, California.
Energy
Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement for Underserved and Indigenous Community Microgrids
News Release: DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the DOE Office of Electricity (OE), released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), titled “Underserved and Indigenous Community Microgrids.".
Energy
Steady Beat of Progress in 2022 Shapes Oak Ridge’s Future Success
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) maintained its momentum in 2022, accomplishing ambitious EM priorities, altering skylines and advancing key projects essential to up-and-coming cleanup.
Energy
New Animated Video Lays Out Path to West Valley Main Plant Demolition
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N. Y. - Click here to watch a new animated video showing how EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) will safely take down the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).
Energy
Idaho Site Set for Substantial Near- and Long-Term Cleanup Progress
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and a contractor counterpart have outlined end-state plans for Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site facilities that will result in a prominent transformation across the 890-square-mile site within this decade.
Energy
Immediate Notifications Alert Hanford Workforce of Potential Network Issues
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL ) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently launched a new method to quickly and easily alert Hanford Site computer users if an issue is affecting the Hanford Site network.
Energy
SRS Contractor’s Procurement Practices Lead to Over $100 Million in Savings
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Drawing from innovation, purchasing tools and DOE-wide commodity agreements, an EM cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has saved more than $124 million over the last six years.
Energy
Granholm: Grants ‘will help more states bring their energy codes into the 21st century’
The U.S. Department of Energy offered $45 million in competitive grants to help states and organizations modernize building energy codes to lower energy bills.
Energy
31 notices published in week ending Dec. 17 by Energy Department
There were 31 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending Dec. 17, according to the Federal Register.
Energy
Proposed Subsequent Arrangement discussed on Dec. 23 by Energy Department
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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