Cspan, 45 years and counting, powered by cable. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Held a hearing on the challenges associated with growing demand for electric power in the United States. The witnesses outlined the potential cost and security risks of retiring natural gas plants too soon and called for a balanced approach that included nuclear and Renewable Energy sources. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Today we ask you to discuss the risk of opportunities. In the halfcentury after world war ii, demand for electricity grew along with our economy, but in the decade following, the implementation of the freetrade agreement, which was in the 1990s, annual electricity demand growth fell by nearly 45 . 45 . For the past two decades, the demand and load has been flat across the country. We are here today because that appears to be coming to an end rapidly. With exponential growth, utility and grid experts are telling us that it is poised for truly remarkable growth. Meeting
Request for support israel and ukraine. He argued u. S. National security interests require it and failure would reward terrorists and dictators and embolden them to continue their assault on democracy. What do you think . Do you support new aid to and ukraine . Do you support one and not the other . We are taking your calls this first hour. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can post on social media or on facebook. Com cspan and instagram. Welcome to visit today welcome to todays washington journal. This is the New York Times commit with the headline, israel launches intense strikes on gaza as u. S. Backeds delaying invasion. The article says israel set on monday it had struck hundreds of targets in the gaza strip and attacked hezbollah positions in lebanon as President Biden led in an International Diplomatic effort. In a joint statement sunday, mr. Biden and the leaders of britain, canada, france, germany, and italy urged israel to prote
At 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Now we are going to take you over to the Senate Energy committee hearing. It is getting underway now come alive on cspan. We will talk about the growing demand for electric power in the u. S. And the impact on the electric grid. Here it is. Today we ask you to discuss the risk of opportunities. In the halfcentury after world war ii, demand for electricity grew along with our economy, but in the decade following, the implementation of the freetrade agreement, which was in the 1990s, annual electricity demand growth fell by nearly 45 . 45 . For the past two decades, the demand and load has been flat across the country. We are here today because that appears to be coming to an end rapidly. With exponential growth, utility and grid experts are telling us that it is poised for truly remarkable growth. Meeting the demand growth may be one of the greatest challenges we face. Our economy and defense of our country i want to thank the witnesses for sharing their perspecti
Other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Welcome to todays washington journal. Well start with the war in the middle east with the latest news. This is the New York Times with the headline, israel launches intense strikes on gaza as u. S. Backs delaying invasion. The article says israel said on monday that it struck hundreds of targets on the gaza strip and attacked hezbollah sites. Anl diplomatic effort. In a joint statement sunday, mr. Biden and the in a joint statement the leaders of britain, france, germany and italy urged israel to protect civilians as it defended itself and called for the release of all hostages believed to be held in gaza. More than 4,000 people have been killed in gaza since october 7 according to the hamas run Health Industry when israel began retaliating by the attack of the militant group that killed 1, 400 people. At what sh mcconnell said about linking aid to israel and ukraine together. It requires a worldwide approach rather