House Appropriations Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee holds business meeting to consider the 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill.
House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Energy Department's 2014 budget proposal. Secretary Ernest Moniz to testify. Follows committee business meeting on rules and subcommittee rosters.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Monday defended the administration's $34 billion green energy loan program and pointedly rejected the notion that it should be taken out of the Energy Department.
"I have not, to be honest, thought of spinning that out," Moniz said at a conference when asked if he backed moving the loan guarantee program to a separate organization.
Energy Information Administration 2013 Energy Conference concludes. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, International Energy Forum Secretary General Aldo Flores-Quiroga deliver morning keynote speeches.
Energy Information Administration 2013 Energy Conference. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Southern Company President Thomas Fanning to deliver morning keynote speeches. Through Tuesday.
If President Barack Obama's goal in adding MIT professor Ernest Moniz to his cabinet was to tamp down Republican anger about his green energy policies, the plan is working.
In his first appearance before Congress as head of the Energy Department, newly installed Secretary Moniz on Thursday was charming and deferential to Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, even when he was giving little ground on climate change and renewable energy.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Thursday his review of natural gas export impacts was near a conclusion and that he planned to begin ruling "very soon" on more permit applications.
Moniz told House lawmakers at his first appearance on Capitol Hill since being confirmed to his job that he would not alter the published order of application decisions, and would still consider each on a case-by-case basis.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will tell House Republicans on Thursday that he is looking to overhaul the department to address management and performance problems, including its ability to prevent security breaches at nuclear weapons sites.
"I have been carefully reviewing the organization and management practices within the Department and am working with my staff to develop options to reorganize," Moniz says in prepared testimony before a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is throwing its support behind federal legislation aimed at boosting energy development in Indian Country by streamlining federal permitting processes and oversight.
House Energy and Commerce Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing, "The Fiscal Year 2014 U.S. Department of Energy Budget." Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to testify.
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled a budget plan that would cut Energy Department spending on renewable energy by $873 million, Politico reports.
Air-quality officials from 48 states requested to have a role in Environmental Protection Agency settlements with environmental organizations, Oil & Gas Journal reports.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is examining a buildup in carbon dioxide at the Beaver Valley nuclear plant that forced workers to evacuate Friday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
It took electric-car maker Fisker Automotive nine months to publicly acknowledge the Energy Department cut off its loan guarnatee in 2011, Reuters reports.
Energy Department Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith warned House lawmakers he is limited in what he can discuss at Tuesday's hearing on natural gas exports, The Hill reports.
