Senate energy committee leaders reveal future plans for legislation, hearings

摘要

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will focusnon such issues as electric grid innovation and nuclear waste policy,nChairwoman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Jan. 8 in outliningnher priorities for the panel. For her part, the committee’s rankingnDemocrat, Maria Cantwell of Washington, indicated that she wouldnlike to pursue — and help certain new committee members promoten— action on FERC market manipulation oversight, biofuels andnenergy resource diversity.