Transcript Highlights:

• Fusion energy meets the advanced energy standard as it has the potential to provide limitless...
• of eligible advanced energy products.
• Continuing House Energy Day in front of the House Energy Committee, we have Reverend Small.
• You know, the Department of Energy and FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, I believe, you
• We already have passed the energy transition.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• energy jobs, but energy jobs in general.
• There is still other energy types, and we need people across the energy sector as we look at the overall
• energy demand.
• energy, they would have survived.
• energy.

Summary: The Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee met to hear a series of presentations on the economics, financing, workforce, and community impacts of advanced nuclear deployment in North Dakota. William Bridge of Nucleon Energy presented the committee’s economic impacts and private-sector financing report, estimating construction and operating job impacts, local spending, and state/local tax effects for hypothetical SMR projects. He said the report assumes first-of-a-kind costs are still high, used a $6 million per megawatt nth-of-a-kind proxy, and estimated peak construction workforces of about 500 for a 200-MW plant and 1,000 for a larger facility, with roughly 100 operating jobs for a 200-MW plant. Committee members questioned security costs, capital cost assumptions, water and transmission siting constraints, and whether the model included fuel and waste; Bridge said the report included initial fuel in capital cost and that waste disposal is funded through existing federal mechanisms. Lori Brady of the Nuclear Energy Institute then outlined national nuclear workforce needs and NEI’s strategic workforce planning efforts. She described declining labor-force participation, retirements, and the need for a much larger future workforce, and said NEI has organized recommendations around career awareness, pipelines, training and qualification, policy support, retention, and nontraditional recruitment. She highlighted tools such as the Nuclear Works career website, the Nuclear Energy Academic Roadmap, the new federal Energy and Natural Resources career cluster, and the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program for community colleges. Members asked about AI, timing for training relative to plant development, and whether advanced manufacturing would reduce staffing needs; Brady said AI is not expected to replace workers and that training timelines depend on the specific project and staffing plan. The committee also heard from Gary Yaco, mayor of Red Wing, Minnesota, who described Prairie Island’s role in his community. He said the plant provides a large share of local property tax revenue, supports well-paid jobs, contributes to emergency preparedness funding and training, and is broadly supported by the city despite periodic protests and public concerns. He emphasized the plant’s security, regular drills with local and federal responders, and the absence of problems with dry cask storage. Later, Benton Arnett of NEI discussed the current financing landscape for advanced nuclear, explaining how tax credits, federal loan support, off-take agreements, and new business models are helping projects move forward. He said early projects face high upfront costs and long lead-time procurement, but that investor confidence is improving as federal policy and regulatory streamlining continue. The committee asked about waste funding, comparisons with natural gas, the effect of political shifts on investor confidence, and whether the market will narrow to a few winning technologies; Arnett said the industry is still sorting that out, but expects clearer winners in the late 2020s and early 2030s. The meeting concluded with an introductory presentation from Julie Kazeraki of DOE’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing, who said the office is focused on accelerating nuclear deployment through financing support.

Transcript Highlights:

• energy systems.
• in the respective energy networks.
• Throughout the 119th Congress, the Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has
• H.R. 7258, the Energy...
• In 2023, the Department of Energy launched the Energy Threat Analysis Center. We call it ETAC.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, relating to energy conservation program conservation
• get into energy efficiency?
• Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, relating to energy conservation program energy
• to energy Department of energy relating to energy conservation<04:40:41.360> program<04:40:42.080
• choices and the energy using energy choices and the energy using apparatus<04:56:23.320> choices<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you. behalf of Fresh Energy. Fresh Energy is behalf of Fresh Energy.
• Fresh Energy Minnesota households.
• and energy efficiency projects.
• uh for projects that lower energy costs. uh for projects that lower energy costs.
• <00:30:38.280> This transition to clean energy. This transition to clean energy.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The energy and atmosphere category includes several different guidelines pertaining to energy efficiency
• , renewable energy, etc.
• Efficiency renewable energy to Energy Efficiency renewable energy Etc<00:06:27.319> most<00:06
• use and um 2030 which is that energy use and um energy<00:19:00.960> consumption<00:19:01.640
• energy performance, so they are responsible for the energy benchmarking database.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Capital Investment Committee met on January 23 and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. The main presentation was from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its evaluation of Minnesota’s Sustainable Building guidelines, also referred to as B3. The auditors said the guidelines apply to certain new buildings and major renovations funded with general obligation bonds and are intended to improve energy efficiency, occupant health, and environmental quality. They described the program as involving the Departments of Administration and Commerce, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Building Research, and project teams, but found widespread confusion over who is responsible for administering and enforcing the program. The auditors reported that oversight and accountability are limited, compliance is not clearly tracked, and there is no agency assigned to ensure projects follow the guidelines or to require compliance data. They said many projects in a review of 2020 bonding projects had not begun tracking compliance, and that up-to-date data were often missing. They also found the law’s stated program objectives are outdated because the referenced energy-code provision was repealed in 2009, and that measurable goals have not been established for most of the guideline categories. The office recommended that the legislature designate a responsible agency, clarify duties in statute, require compliance monitoring and data collection, update the program’s stated goals, and direct systematic evaluation of cost and sustainability outcomes. Members asked about consequences for noncompliance, funding, and whether cost impacts should be studied first. The auditor said the requirements are legal obligations, but no real enforcement consequences have been used so far, and any consequences discussed have been mostly theoretical. She said the Departments of Administration and Commerce were receiving about $1 million combined to support the contract with the Center for Sustainable Building Research, while other state agencies were not receiving dedicated funding for oversight. In response to questions about costs, she said the overall effect of the guidelines on project costs and sustainability is still unknown, but that the legislature could direct an analysis of cost impacts before taking further action.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:07:45.319> and peruso and the environmental energy and peruso and the environmental energy
• <00:08:07.680> and<00:08:07.800> Energy<00:08:08.159> Efficiency clean energy
• and Energy Efficiency clean energy and Energy Efficiency revolving<00:08:09.120> Loan<00:08:09.400
• <00:10:58.399> storage clean energy storage clean energy storage First<00:11:00.720> St
• on to House Bill 1022 relating to energy on to House Bill 1022 relating to energy industry<00:27

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard testimony on a series of energy, transportation, climate, and waste bills. HB 977 would provide additional funding to the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority for low-interest financing of rooftop solar and storage for underserved ratepayers; HB 1295 would require state and county agencies to use federal energy tax credits; HB 1051 concerns energy efficiency portfolio standards; HB 1019 addresses long-duration clean energy storage; HB 344 concerns EV charging infrastructure at state facilities; HB 733 would change EV parking requirements; HB 242 creates a working group on EV battery reuse and recycling; HB 1022 expands access to energy industry information reporting; HB 1017 repeals the greenhouse gas sequestration task force; HB 787 asks for a feasibility study on a Buy Clean program; and HB 751 sets composting goals. Testimony was largely supportive across the bills, with some agencies standing on written testimony or offering comments, and a few measures drawing opposition or concerns, including HB 751 from county agencies and HB 242 from Redwood Materials requesting inclusion of a specialized battery recycler on the working group. Members asked several questions, including about EV charging siting, whether bike parking and showers should be considered in EV facility planning, how often EV charging stalls are relocated to other sites, and whether Hawaiʻi has in-state capacity to prepare EV batteries for shipping and recycling. On HB 751, the committee discussed county diversion rates and Maui’s composting capacity, with the Department of Health noting Maui’s diversion decline was tied to closure of the EKO co-composting facility at Central Maui landfill and that reestablishment was planned. On HB 242, Redwood Materials explained it handles lithium-ion batteries, including work related to the Maui wildfire response, and said a full in-state recycling chain is unlikely, though local facilities can safely prepare batteries for shipment. In decision-making, the committee voted to pass all of the measures with amendments. For HB 977, the committee noted a recommended appropriation of $50 million and made technical amendments. HB 1295, HB 1051, HB 1019, HB 344, HB 733, HB 242, HB 1022, HB 1017, and HB 787 were all advanced with technical or substantive amendments, including changes to dates, appropriations, and working group membership. For HB 344, the committee accepted DAGS’s suggestion to make HSEO the expending entity and adjusted the appropriation to one year. For HB 242, the committee added a battery storage industry member, included stationary storage as a consideration, and extended the reporting date to 2027. HB 787 was advanced with a request that the Climate Commission and State Procurement Office work together on more specific amendments if the bill continues moving forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill establishes the nuclear energy development grant program within NEITA.
• get to work and get back to being a leader in energy in the nation.
• , and we don't want to wind up being energy poor.
• , and we don't want to wind up being energy poor.
• , and we don't want to wind up being energy poor.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:56 SJR 28 Discussion 01:44 SJR 28 Roll Call Vote 03:32 SB 179 Discussion 04:08 SB 179 Roll Call Vote 07:33, 958, all

Summary: The committee opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the minutes. After no special guests were recognized, members took up a joint resolution carried by Senator Nemes for Senator Adams concerning reformulated gasoline requirements in Jefferson County and parts of Oldham and Bullitt counties. The resolution would direct the Energy and Environmental Cabinet to revise the state air quality implementation plan to remove the reformulated gas mandate. Senator Nemes argued the requirement is outdated and has little practical effect given modern vehicles and fuel standards, and members voted to pass the resolution unanimously. The committee then heard Senate Bill 179 from Senator Danny Carroll, which would create a nuclear energy development grant program within the Nuclear Energy Development Authority. Carroll explained that the bill would set aside $10 million from the previously appropriated $40 million investment for grants supporting nuclear energy development in Kentucky, with grants capped at $2 million and administered entirely by NEITA rather than through Economic Development. He and several members emphasized the need for Kentucky to invest in nuclear energy to keep pace with states like Tennessee, which was cited as having invested heavily and attracting business activity around small modular reactors. Members expressed strong support for the bill, with Senator West and others praising the initiative and calling it important for Kentucky’s energy future. The committee voted the bill out favorably with an expression that it shall pass. Before adjournment, the chair encouraged members to review the other energy bills that had been heard recently and stressed the importance of moving quickly on energy policy measures. A motion was then requested to close the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um Mike Ew with Energy Justice Network. Um Mike Ew with Energy Justice Network.
• geothermal energy in Hawaii.
• We believe that some form of firm energy, firm renewable energy, is needed.
• So solar energy with storage can be and is firm energy.
• Yes, I guess, Energy Office.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered three measures. SB 1602 would appropriate funds to DLNR for monitoring wells for the Koho aquifer system; DLNR and HHFDC supported it, and written testimony from several organizations and individuals was also in support. Members asked whether monitoring wells are a statewide function rather than a county function, and staff confirmed they are done statewide. The second bill was an administration measure clarifying that criminal water pollution enforcement remains with the Department of Health rather than DLNR. The Attorney General’s office said it was a cleanup clarification and that DOH has stronger enforcement powers and better testing capability; DOH and DLNR supported it, and there was no opposition noted. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1074 on environmental impact statements. The bill would let previously authorized or permitted commercial activities continue for up to one year while an agency determines whether environmental review applies after a challenge, and would allow permit renewals during that review. DLNR said it stood on written comments and suggested aligning the bill with similar House language. Supporters, including several ocean tourism and Maui business representatives, argued the bill would provide certainty and keep families and small operators working while environmental review is completed, especially in the wake of the Lahaina fires and ongoing business losses. Some supporters said the measure should be narrowed with a sunset or limited to recently renewed permits. Opponents, including the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, and other environmental advocates, argued the bill was overly broad and could weaken HEPA/NEPA-style environmental review, especially for fisheries and other commercial activities. They said the bill could be used as a “Trojan horse” to avoid review and that DLNR could resolve the underlying disputes more quickly through settlement or existing exemption processes. No votes were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we spend about $2 million a year just on energy costs.
• More secure from an energy perspective. Thank you.
• There's a lot of energy there.
• Due to the significant presence of the high energy producing zones, geothermal energy is clean, renewable
• Uh, that's energy intensive, and if we could provide the energy for that reverse osmosis plant through

Transcript Highlights:

• field Energy Energy Efficiency field Energy Efficiency Efficiency Efficiency measures<00:28:46.559><
• 30 years um and so you know energy 30 years um and so you know energy conservation<00:29:37.039>
• Energy Efficiency programs that our Energy Efficiency programs that our utilities<00:33:09.960> run
• <00:46:25.480> regulation all energy regulation all energy regulation the<00:46:28.319>
• Energy Efficiency and sustainable energy Energy Efficiency and sustainable energy board<03:32:30.680

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:02:45.640> wind of 100% of how we generate energy wind of 100% of how we generate energy
• Minnesota what we've done for XL Energy Minnesota what we've done for XL Energy which<00:04:24.560
• Each of our energy sources comes with certain risks.
• They account for a significant percentage of the energy produced for Xcel Energy, which is the state's
• produced for XL percentage of the energy produced for XL Energy<00:06:25.000> which<00:06:25.120

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These high-impact projects reduce the economic burden of energy costs, help maintain energy reliability
• burden of energy costs for motans<00:19:36.679> maintaining<00:19:37.200> energy motans
• maintaining energy motans maintaining energy reliability<00:19:39.600> creating<00:19:40.200>
• Efficiency clean energy promote Energy Efficiency clean energy electrification<00:20:07.159> or
• projects uh one the renewable energies projects uh one the renewable energies is<00:27:06.679>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The energy wasting more energy.
• of our subcommittee on energy. of our subcommittee on energy.
• Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, relating to energy conservation program, energy
• Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, relating to energy conservation program, energy
• been on energy in the west and energy been on energy in the west and energy exploration<03:35:58.640

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Up to green energy projects.
• A kilowatt of clean energy is cheaper than a kilowatt of fossil fuel energy.
• A kilowatt of clean energy is cheaper than a kilowatt of fossil fuel energy.
• A kilowatt of clean energy is cheaper than a kilowatt of fossil fuel energy.
• A KILOWATT OF CLEAN ENERGY IS CHEAPER THAN A KILOWATT OF FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior day’s journal, and then recognized several guest groups, including the Shenendehowa High School girls varsity cross country team and tennis champion Jolie Chichak, as well as the Downsville Central School Student Council. Senator Tedisco introduced the Shenendehowa athletes, highlighting their state and federation championships and strong academic records, and Senator Oberacker introduced the Downsville students. The chamber extended courtesies to the guests. The Senate then moved through the calendar, passing a series of bills and resolutions. Among the measures approved were a bill designating Overdose Awareness Day, a real property tax bill, a public authorities bill, several education-related bills, a private housing finance bill, a workers’ compensation bill, and a labor law bill. Some items were laid aside before later being taken up, including the cannabis bill and the environmental conservation bill. Votes were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, with a few recorded negatives on certain bills. The most extensive debate centered on Calendar 261, Senator May’s environmental conservation bill concerning renewable energy installations and transmission on state reforestation lands. Senator Walczyk and others questioned whether the bill would allow solar, wind, battery storage, tree cutting, herbicide use, and reduced environmental review, while supporters argued the bill was mainly about transmission corridors, climate goals, and preserving flexibility for DEC oversight and mitigation. After debate, the bill was restored to the non-controversial calendar and passed 42-13. The Senate also passed Calendar 353, Senator Ramos’s labor law bill addressing class action wage recovery and statutory damages. Supporters said it would clarify the law so workers can recover full wages in class actions, while opponents warned it could encourage litigation against small businesses over technical payroll errors. The bill passed 47-8. The Senate then completed the calendar and adjourned until March 4, 2026, with intervening days as legislative days.

Transcript Highlights:

• An energy-efficient home. Why?
• So if you have an energy-inefficient home, and we all know that energy efficiency is correlated to rises
• Places like Kansas rank very high in energy production for renewable energy.
• matters is what is the energy burden? matters is what is the energy burden?
• high in energy production for renewable<01:10:35.920> energy.

Bills: HF3298

Keywords: underground storage tanks, petroleum, reimbursement program, environmental regulation, pollution control, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:04:55.600> payment services uh with needed energy payment services uh with needed energy
• The funds are used to make home repairs related to energy efficiency.
• efficiency uh of dwellings uh the energy efficiency uh of dwellings uh reducing<00:09:36.880> energy
• burden household where the a high energy burden household where the energy<00:10:16.640> cost
• make home repairs related to energy make home repairs related to energy efficiency. efficiency.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy met for a public hearing and presentation on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). After approving the minutes, members heard from Shannon Hall of the Department for Community Based Services and Rick Baker of Community Action Kentucky, who explained that LIHEAP is a 100% federally funded block grant used in Kentucky to help low-income households pay home energy bills, prevent utility disconnects, and support weatherization and crisis assistance. Hall outlined the program’s income eligibility limits, the fact that payments go directly to vendors or utilities rather than households, and the program’s funding levels, including $43.4 million spent in federal fiscal year 2025 and an anticipated $58 million for federal fiscal year 2026. The presenters described LIHEAP’s main components: fall and spring subsidy programs, winter crisis assistance, and weatherization. They gave participation figures for recent program cycles, including tens of thousands of households served in each component, and explained that weatherization prioritizes elderly, disabled, households with children, and high-energy-burden homes. They also noted that weatherization is carried out in partnership with the Kentucky Housing Corporation and includes repairs and efficiency measures such as insulation, air sealing, and safety checks. Rick Baker described Community Action Kentucky’s role as the statewide administrator through 23 local community action agencies, emphasizing their presence in all 120 counties and their local board structure. Members praised Baker’s long service and the program’s importance for families facing high energy costs, especially in coalfield areas. One member asked for clarification on a slide reference to “Assurance 16,” but the transcript cuts off before the answer is completed. No votes or other committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Thermal energy networks.
• Thermal energy networks.
• included in the energy omnibus. included in the energy omnibus.
• energy sector. energy sector.
• thermal energy network working group. thermal energy network working group.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:01:58.320> purposes to obtain wood for non-energy purposes to obtain wood for non-energy
• ship it to places that use it for energy ship it to places that use it for energy like<00:07:57.520
• material in EN in energy material in EN in energy generation<00:09:04.959> it<00:09:05.079
• You know, we the big industries need reliable energy. We need safe energy.
• You know, we the big industries need reliable energy. We need safe energy.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 249 was moved toward the General Register after Representative Igo offered and the committee adopted an author’s amendment that removed a 50% line and clarified the bill’s language. Igo described the bill as a change to Minnesota’s carbon-free definition to include woody biomass from timber harvesting residues and discarded wood products, arguing it would support an all-of-the-above energy strategy, reduce landfill use, and create markets for forest byproducts while avoiding clear-cutting or use of good cordwood for energy. Several industry witnesses testified in support. Ray Higgins of the Minnesota Timber Producers Association said the bill would help utilities convert coal plants to use forest residues and dead or dying timber, and argued Minnesota forests are significant carbon sinks with annual growth exceeding mortality. Tom McCabe, a logger and trucker from Duluth, said biomass markets are critical to his business, help reduce fire danger, and support rural economies, while Rod Enberg described past waste of low-value timber and said biomass markets have helped businesses and local economies, including a successful chip-burning system at American Peat Technology. Rick Horton of Minnesota Forest Industries said woody biomass can provide reliable baseload power, help manage dead and dying forests affected by spruce budworm, emerald ash borer, and eastern larch beetle, and keep industrial energy costs competitive. Opposition came from Sarah Meridian of CURE, who argued the bill conflicts with Minnesota’s 100% carbon-free law because burning biomass emits carbon dioxide and other pollutants, and said the bill’s broad reference to discarded wood products could allow combustion of treated or contaminated wood. In committee discussion, Representative Craft questioned whether biomass can truly be called carbon neutral on the time scales discussed, noting that decay and regrowth can take decades and warning against overstating the climate benefits. The bill was advanced despite those concerns, with supporters emphasizing forest management, rural jobs, and energy reliability.

Transcript Highlights:

• As energy and energy security, you know, is a topic of important conversation, one of the things is overall
• gr of shore power um we uh we are energy gr of shore power um we uh we are energy project<00:05:
• you as as energy and energy security you as as energy and energy security you know<00:06:09.639
• It's a little unclear if they mean capacity or energy, but I'll assume it means energy.
• Michael Latafers, Source Energy.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all