- – Politico – 3/3/21
Congressional Subcommittee Queries FERC on Landowner Issues
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (part of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address several issues involving conflicts between landowners and natural gas pipeline companies.
Congressional subcommittee questions Mountain Valley Pipeline project extension, FERC oversight
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 11/27/20
U.S. Senate Committee Approves New FERC Commissioners
Two nominees for vacancies on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) were approved by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The two nominees, Mark Christie and Allison Clements, had been nominated by President Trump in July.
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USFS needs advisory committee members
- – The Recorder – 8/27/20
WV Senate Committee Approves Bill Curbing Infrastructure Protests
The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a voice vote on March 4 a bill that would establish as a misdemeanor an action by “any person who willfully and knowingly trespasses or enters property containing a critical infrastructure without permission.” A similar measure passed the WV House of Delegates by a 65-30 vote on February 13.
VA Pipeline Bills Clear Committee, Head for House Floor; Action Needed! Now!
Three bills designed to tighten up state regulation of pipelines cleared the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates on February 5. The measures now head to the House floor and they must be acted upon before February 11 to be considered in the Senate.
W.Va. committee votes for tax credit for natural gas storage hub
- – The Register-Herald – 1/28/20
Bill that would ban Dominion donations dies in Democratic-led Senate committee
- – Virginia Mercury – 1/21/20
Top Democrat Energy Staffer Joins Duke Energy as VP
The Democrat Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Sarah Venuto, has been named Vice President of Public Policy for Duke Energy. She began her duties on January 13.
Ms. Venuto was appointed to the minority staff director position of the Senate Energy Committee in January 2019 after serving for 4 years on the staff of Sen.