Joe Manchin
The Energy Department outlined a $6 billion program to prevent the early closure of nuclear generators and $3 billion in funding for battery supply chains.
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Joe Manchin not only supports the Biden administration's clean hydrogen programs but also wonders why there is no tax credit to support production of the fuel.
Tax credits in the Build Back Better Act could increase carbon capture capacity 13-fold while taking 290 million tons of carbon out of the atmosphere per year.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agreed that the nation’s hydropower is undervalued in power markets and under-incentivized in federal policymaking.
Work on the Democrats’ $2 trillion climate and social spending package came to a screeching halt as Sen. Joe Manchin said he could not vote for the bill.
The U.S. House passed the Build Back Better bill, the $1.75-trillion budget reconciliation package that is key to advancing President Biden’s climate agenda.
The Senate unanimously confirmed Willie Phillips to FERC, securing the Democrats a majority on the commission for the first time in more than four years.
PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo says company is "hopeful" Congress will pass $15/MWh tax credit for nuclear.
President Biden rolled out a new framework for a whittled-down budget reconciliation package that includes $555 billion in clean energy funding.
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A group of congressional Democrats rallied in front of the Capitol to urge the passage of the budget reconciliation bill before the U.N. Climate Conference.
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