Short List Updated
May 25, 2011
06:17 PM
The Short List for tomorrow’s mark-up (Thurs., May 26) has been updated. It appears that the Committee will focus on these bills:
Item 1: S. 630 – a bill to promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development.
Item 2: An original bill to provide for the conduct of an analysis of the impact of energy development and production on the water resources of the United States.
Item 3: An original bill to promote the domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies.
Item 4: An original bill to amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the United States against cyber security and other threats and vulnerabilities.
Item 5: S. 699 – A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide.
Item 6: S. 757 – A bill to provide incentives to encourage the development and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from dilute sources on a significant scale using direct air capture technologies.
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