So we want to thank you all you have done at the department. And at this point for your willingness to step up in a higher capacity. We have our colleagues here this evening texas and louisiana are well represented. Mister deputy secretary you should feel verydu welcome by having these gentlemenmp next to you. We will start with senator cassidy followed by senators cruz and senator kennedy to introduce deputy secretary this morning. Would like to proceed we do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you so the introductions do not consume the full morning but we do welcome all the good comments s comments. What a wonderful way to tell me to be brief. [laughter] its a privilegege to represent my friend Dan Brouillette eminently qualified as United States leads the world in all sorts of energy. He shared a longer showed a commitment to Energy Security and understands the importance of us Energy Exports to lower Greenhouse Gas emissions abroad. Committed to innova
Announcers outside the u. S. We have a chance to grow jobs tax revenues, infrastructure by expanding coal exports and i think it is a way to keep prices lower as well as create jobs, tax revenue for infrastructure. I was just handed the words we have on that. The east coast ports alone by shipping 70 million tons. Accompanies the own, manage, export commonwealth continue with longrange plans focusing on potential for your, asia, south america. Glad to see the east coast. The coal, senator barrasso from wyoming we have opportunities from wyoming to miami and getting back to expansion. And recognized the lowsulfur content. Thank you, madam chair. Seeing such rapid change. Capability is increasing. And would you see as the role, to change the way we think about energy, change our generation needs to facilitate time shifting, move us forward to a very different kind of grid than what we have experienced in the past. Thank you. Storage could be a game change and costs are coming down, distr
U. S. Rate. I just hope that the department can be aggressive and forward leaning in partnering with the delegation and utilities to solve the problem. Its not a gas problem as you know, and i think its going its going to take an all of the above kind of strategy in terms of permitting and its a really urgent problem for the region and i assume you agree with that. Yes, in fact, the very first field hearings we had for the qer were in new england driven by the gas pipeline issue and the representatives of all six governors were part of that meeting. Frankly, the remarks made were such that the governors felt they, you know, were going to have this under control, and would take care of it. In fact, i understand that next year in 2016, that there will be a substantial expansion of capacity taking gas into the boston area through there but further north is a challenge. There, i dont know how this turns out, and happy to work with you, senator king, and the well, this is a problem of our s
Channel which i understand would open up the channel appropriately. I can go back and look again if youd like. Thats my understanding at least. Thank you. Secondly, the mox facility in charleston, South Carolina dr. Savannah river site. Theres a recent line at the Aerospace Corporation gave unfavorable to the project and out of line from reports from army corp of engineer and suggested another 30 years to completion opposed to eight years its taken to get so far depending on who you speak to. I think aerospace has 50 contractors say 65 and any thoughts on that one . I what experiences does the Aerospace Corporation have on the projects . Thats the first question, and, two, can we have transparency to assumptions because its a complicated project. Assumptions mean everything. Were happy, by the way on the last part, to have completely transparent briefings, what wed like to do on that, and the Aerospace Corporation has been a contractor quite frequently to the nsa part of d. U. E. In te
Fairbanks-based Golden Valley Electric Association is working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a plan to shut down one of the state’s last coal-fired power plants. The utility will replace Healy Unit 2 with wind power to reduce the co-op’s reliance on price-volatile fossil fuels, which generate 90 percent of its electricity. The goal is to stabilize and reduce rates that are among the highest in the country.