House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and a group of 18 bipartisan Members of Congress and Senators from Washington, Idaho, and Oregon sent the following letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu raising concerns with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) December 7th order which held that the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA)… Read more »
Dear Secretary Chu,
We write today regarding the December 7, 2011 order issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the matter of the Bonneville Power Administration's environmental redispatch policy.
As you know, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a Power Marketing Administration (PMA), one of four PMAs that market and deliver power in 32 states nationwide.… Read more »
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee released a new web video today highlighting the Committee’s work during the first session of the 112th Congress to create jobs and expand access to our own energy and natural resources. Through 115 hearings, Republicans on the Committee conducted rigorous oversight of Obama Administration policies and regulations that will cost jobs and… Read more »
Hastings, McClintock: Stop WAPA loans
By Alex Guillen
Politico Pro
11/9/11 4:05 PM EST
House Republicans are worried about yet another Energy Department loan program.
Reps. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) want the DOE to stop giving out loans through the Western Area Power Administration, one of the department’s four marketing administrations.
In a letter… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Subcommittee on Water and Power Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-04) sent the following letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu following the alarming November 7th DOE Inspector General “Management Alert” report on the Western Area Power Administration’s (WAPA) risky, Solyndra-like loan authority and Rep.… Read more »
Dear Secretary Chu:
We write to request an immediate and indefinite halt to any allocation of taxpayer dollars through the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) borrowing authority enacted in the 2009 stimulus spending law, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As the respective Chairmen of the appropriate authorizing Committee and Subcommittee in the U.S.… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy.
The Committee continues its Job Watch series this week with Freshman Committee Member Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03). His district spans the Colorado Rocky Mountains, which includes… Read more »
