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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1411 on Dec. 19, 2019.
The Department oversees energy policies and is involved in how the US handles nuclear programs. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department's misguided energy regulations have caused large losses to consumers for decades.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IMPACTS OF WILDFIRE ON THE ELECTRIC GRID
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the impacts of wildfire on electric grid reliability and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase grid resiliency, after receiving testimony from Carl Imhoff, Manager, Electricity Market Sector, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Department of Energy; Scott Corwin, Northwest Public Power Association, Vancouver, Washington; William D. Johnson, Pacific Gas and Electric Company Corporation, San Francisco, California; B. Don Russell, Texas A&M University Department of Electric and Computer Engineering Power System Automation Laboratory, College Station; and Michael Wara, Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment Climate and Energy Policy Program, Stanford, California.
