Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the AI Innovation and Development for Efficiency (AIDE) Act, legislation that would establish programming at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research into artificial intelligence (AI) innovation initiatives…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today celebrated the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement of more than $1.12 million to Vermont for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements. The funding…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently introduced the American Energy Efficiency Act, legislation that would boost the use of cutting-edge technologies to increase energy efficiency capabilities across America. Studies have estimated that a national energy efficiency resource standard…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.) led 12 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, urging DOE to take steps to bolster and diversify the nation’s domestic supply of electric vehicle batteries—including by promoting…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, this week voted to confirm David Roser and Judy Chang to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for terms ending in…