WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on May 4, 2023, on the oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission": * * * The Committee will come to order. I am pleased to be joined by all four of our sitting Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioners this morning. Thank you all for being here to discuss FERC's important work. First off, I want to congratulate Chairman Phillips f  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Mark C. Christie involving a hearing on May 4, 2023, on the oversight of the agency: * * * Thank you once again for the privilege to appear before you with my colleagues from FERC. The United States is heading for a reliability crisis. I do not use the term "crisis" for melodrama, but because it is an accurate description of what we are facing. I thi  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following written testimony by Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner James P. Danly involving a hearing on May 4, 2023, on the oversight of the agency: * * * I very much appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Committee and welcome the opportunity to share my thoughts and answer your questions. While natural gas and FERC's administration of the Natural Gas Act accounted for most of my comments the last   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland involving a hearing on May 2, 2023, on the fiscal 2024 budget request for the Interior Department: * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of the Interior Department's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request. It is an honor and privilege for me to be here with you today to spe  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, May 8 (TNSpp) -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: Sherry Fowler is a non-traditional, first-generation college student who will receive her bachelor's degree in the birth-to-kindergarten education program this weekend at Western Carolina University's 2023 Spring Commencement. Fowler is a 61-year-old Head Start and North Carolina pre-k teacher in Hendersonville. Fowler took her first college class in 1985. She postponed her education to s  more