Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, led five Northeastern lawmakers in requesting answers from ISO New England President and CEO Vamsi Chadalavada about how the grid operator plans to protect residential ratepayers from data center-driven price increases. The average residential electricity price increased 13% in first…

Federal LIHEAP funding helps 26,000 Vermonters  BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and 27 bipartisan Senate colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today joined his colleagues on the Senate floor to slam President Trump’s Executive Order declaring a national energy emergency, which will kill jobs in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) partnered with U.S. Representative Katie Porter (D-CA-47) to introduce the Plug Offshore Wells Act, bicameral legislation that would direct the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to submit an annual, publicly available report to…

WATERBURY CENTER, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) traveled to Waterbury Center this week to congratulate Verde Technologies on the opening of its new research lab and pilot production facility. While at the facility, he also celebrated Verde’s recognition as a grand prize winner…