Energy

The letter follows an admission from the Trump Admin that the decision to cancel energy project grants in states that did not vote for Trump was “based solely” on politics   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, today joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), alongside U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03), in reintroducing the Plug Offshore Wells Act, bicameral legislation to address the growing threat of abandoned offshore oil and…

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…