PHOENIX, Arizona, April 6 -- Arizona Public Service Co. issued the following news: Excitement is building across the United States for a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. The event will first be seen in North America in Mazatlan, Mexico, and the 'path of totality' will cut through the heart of the U.S. from Dallas to Little Rock, Indianapolis to Buffalo, before wrapping up north of Montreal, Canada. In the Phoenix area, maximum impact will   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on April 5, 2024, for the La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act (S. 1657): * * * S. 1657 would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to convey approximately 3,400 acres of land at fair market value to La Paz County, Arizona, subject to valid existing rights, if the county requests the land. Under current law, BLM is reviewing a proposed solar energy project on a portion of that land. Unde  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47627) on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Electricity Transmission Permitting Reform Proposals" by energy policy specialist Ashley J. Lawson. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Permitting reform has been a topic of debate in the 118th Congress. One aspect of this debate addresses the processes for planning, siting, approving, and paying for electricity transmission lines (broadly referred to as transmi  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: DONALSONVILLE, Ga. - On Wednesday, April 3rd, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the leading Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food & Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, joined Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small for a tour of Thompson Family Farms in Donalsonville, Georgia. The farm is a   more