WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued the following joint written testimony by Ravi I. Chaudhary, assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations and environment, Brigadier Gen. Brian S. Hartless, Air Force director of civil engineers, and Bruce E. Hollywood, associate chief operations officer of the U.S. Space Force, involving a hearing on April 20, 2023, entitled "Fiscal Year 2024 Request for Air Force and Space Force Military Construction and Family   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan involving a hearing on April 19, 2023, on the fiscal 2024 budget request: * * * It is a privilege to appear before you today to discuss the National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget Request to Congress, and how it builds upon decades of successful investments and breakthro  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority issued the following news on April 28, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul announced NY Green Bank, a division of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the state's clean energy and sustainable infrastructure financing entity, has launched a $250 million Community Decarbonization Fund. The CDF, a wholesale lending pathway that will provide low-cost capital to Community Development Fina  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 29 -- Portland General Electric, an electric utility company, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) today announced the procurement of 400 megawatts (AC) of new battery storage projects - a critical tool in Oregon's clean energy transition and the largest single procurement of standalone energy storage to date by a utility in the U.S. outside the state of California. These projects, located at substations close  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 29 -- The Washington State Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced $9.7 million in Clean Energy Fund grants to support decarbonization of buildings throughout the state. The Building Electrification grant program funds deployment of grid-interactive buildings and installation of high-efficiency electric equipment. Eligible grant applicants included state and local governmen  more