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Biden set to supercharge clean energy push with $40B stash

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  • – Politico – 1/1/21
Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 Big Picture Read more

DOE, other US agencies embrace ‘social distancing’ to weather coronavirus

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  • – S&P Global – 3/17/20
Daniel Shaffer March 20, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Details emerge about Department of Energy’s ‘super‑grid’ renewable study

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  • – E&E News – 10/30/19
Daniel Shaffer November 7, 2019 Big Picture Read more

LaFleur cautions on administrative interference as she exits FERC

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  • – Utility Dive – 7/29/19
Daniel Shaffer August 2, 2019 Big Picture Read more

‘Freedom gas’? That’s what Trump’s Energy Department is now calling natural gas

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  • – MarketWatch – 5/29/19
Daniel Shaffer May 31, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Coal companies join with Rick Perry to derail Trump nominee

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  • – Politico – 3/19/19
Daniel Shaffer March 22, 2019 Big Picture Read more

US FERC, DOE to examine potential incentives to bolster investment in energy security

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  • – S&P Global – 2/5/19
Daniel Shaffer February 11, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Glick predicts return to resilience debate as McNamee prepares to take FERC seat

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  • – Utility Dive – 12/11/18
Daniel Shaffer December 14, 2018 Big Picture Read more

U.S. Senate Confirms Fifth Member of FERC

Bernard McNamee, Executive Director of the Office of Policy for the U.S. Department of Energy, was confirmed December 6 to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  His approval came on a 50-49 vote, with all Democrats voting against the nomination. 

Daniel Shaffer December 7, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

FERC nominee McNamee distances himself from Trump coal bailout at hearing

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  • – Utility Dive – 11/15/18
Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2018 Big Picture Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of organizations concerned about the natural gas pipeline that Dominion Resources and its partner companies have proposed to build through portions of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

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