WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSpp) -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following news release and letter on May 18, 2023: In a letter sent today to top state officials in Texas, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit organization with members that have invested tens of billions of dollars in energy infrastructure in Texas, urged the state legislature to avoid the passage of any legislation that would impose new costs and regulatory requirements on the   more

NEW YORK, May 20 (TNSres) -- The Ad Council issued the following news release: The Ad Council Research Institute (ACRI) released results of a year-long study aimed at taking a pulse check of the issues Americans care most about, the actions they take on behalf of those issues and how shifts in interests occur as media focus, culture shifts, and movements drive action. Among other key findings, the 2022-23 Issue Pulse results reveal that, despite some variances in issues Americans care about thr  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNStalk) -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following statement on May 19, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced a critical piece of legislation that will help facilitate the development of important transmission infrastructure. The Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2023 would direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to initiate a rulemaking to improve the currently unworkable interregional transmis  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The White House issued the following Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact with Australia: * * * Australia and the United States commit to enhance bilateral cooperation under a Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact (the Compact), establishing climate and clean energy as a central pillar of the Australia-United States Alliance. Australia and the United States recognise the importance of addressing the climate crisis as a cri  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom's proposals would streamline projects to unleash construction across the state - accelerating the building of clean infrastructure so California can reach its world-leading climate goals while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. STANISLAUS COUNTY - At the site of a future solar farm in the Central Valley, Governor Gavin Newsom today a  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 18, 2023: * * * The G7 Hiroshima Summit: Unpacking Economic Security Concerns About China By Kimberly Lehn This week, leaders of the G7 will meet in Hiroshima, Japan, to discuss a range of geopolitical, economic, and security issues. Top of mind will undoubtedly be the U.S. debt ceiling and the ongoing war in Ukraine but so will the growing tensions with China and how the  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The North Carolina Utilities Commission blatantly ignored state law in March by approving Duke Energy's plan to lower financial benefits for residential solar customers, which would also harm the rooftop solar industry and all state power users, according to a legal filing by a coalition of clean energy advocates. The coalition today began the process of blocking imple  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The White House issued the following G7 Hiroshima leaders' communique: * * * Preamble 1. We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), met in Hiroshima for our annual Summit on May 19-21, 2023, more united than ever in our determination to meet the global challenges of this moment and set the course for a better future. Our work is rooted in respect for the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and international partnership. We are taking concrete steps to: * support Ukrain  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Committee issued the following testimony by Laurie Locascio, under secretary of Commerce for standards and technology, involving a hearing on May 10, 2023, entitled "An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for Fiscal Year 2024": * * * I am Laurie Locascio, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the Director of the Department of Commerce's National Institute of S  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 20 -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, May 22, 2023 There are no hearings scheduled for today. * * * Tuesday, May 23, 2023 DOCKET NO: 45861; ALJ: LOYD; TIME: 9:30 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: VELETA; ROOM: PNC, Room 222 IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT PETITION BY AQUA INDIANA, INC. AND CWA AUTHORITY, INC. FOR (1) APPROVAL OF THE ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE SOUTHEASTERN UTILITIES SYSTEM, (  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 18 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release: The Minnesota House passed its Labor and Industry budget conference committee report on a vote of 70-61. The bill includes the Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee budget, the Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee budget, and the Labor & Industry Committee budget. The bill protects and supports Minnesota's workers by improving safety and workforce standa  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 20 -- New Hampshire House Science, Technology and Energy Committee Chairman Michael Vose, R-Epping, issued the following statement on May 19, 2023: * * * House Science, Technology and Energy committee Chairman Michael Vose (R-Epping) released the following statement after the House passed SB79, relative to the participation of customer generators in net energy by a vote of 194-179. "This bill forces us to answer one simple question: Should ordinary ratepayers be fo  more

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, May 17 (TNSgov) -- The National Ground Water Association issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration announced on May 16 the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities to assist rural energy and utility providers in bringing clean energy such as geothermal technology to their communities across the country. This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Ru  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSgov) -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release: National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released the following statement as Co-Chairs of the Energy and Infrastructure Working Group. "Governors are working together across party lines and state lines on common sense solutions to safely speed up the process to deliver energy and infrastructure benefits nationwide, and we   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on IRA tax incentives, on May 18, 2023: * * * The Finance Committee meets this morning for our first hearing on America's energy transformation since the Inflation Reduction Act became law. Two years ago, almost to the day, this committee voted on the Clean Energy for America Act. In writing that legislation, our lodestar was developing a technology-neutral, m  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled "Tax Incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act: Jobs and Investment in Energy Communities." As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. "Many members of this committee, on both sides of the  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, May 19 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: Searches for sustainable bioenergy and climate change solutions may be one in the same, according to a West Virginia University researcher. Edward Brzostek, associate professor of biology, and his students at the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences are creating mathematical models to predict how bioenergy crops will enhance and store soil carbon through a renewed five-year grant from the U.S.   more