Broad terms we find given the large amounts of natural gas available in the u. S. At moderate cost, natural gas can play an Important Role over the next couple of decades, together with demand management and economically advancing a clean energy system. In 2019 before the house energy and water met water develop mental subcommittee you said natural gas will play for some time an Important Role in providing dispatch about electric Power Generation and High Temperature industrial processes, applications not readily amenable to nonfossil fuel assets. I appreciate that and will give you a chance to answer questions. See too often, we have waged a war since my time in 2018, against natural glass natural gas, despite it having reduced overall emissions in the power sector. Between between thousand five and 2019 total Electricity Generation increased 2 while u. S. Related co2 emissions fell 33 . The i i calculated in the same time co2 Emissions Reductions from shifts in Electricity Generation
Panelist and attendees in any questions you may have throughout the discussion. We will get to those at the end of the event you are all automatically unmute my design to eliminate background noise. Please note we will be recording the session. We are coming together to bring awareness into action and how movements of the past to be the call to act we are so thrilled to be joined by the wonderful leaders walking us through the conversation today. Our Panel Includes the coauthor of surmountable former executive director of alice Hall Institute doctor bernard junior early selma organizer and chairman of the board of the southern leadership Christian Conference and we will be moderated the other coauthor from surmountable. I want to start off by saying happy birthday to rosa parks trailblazer and activism today is her birthday born 1913. We are here in part for which we will talk about in a few minutes. I want to start with a reminder we had terrible effects of a misinformed audience driv
Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Please knew your microphone. Mute your microphone. [indiscernible] we have previously provided guidance as to how this would [indiscernible] [indiscernible] cspan. Org [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. I want to welcome mr. Menendez and his wife. I appreciate you taking on this post. Tonk you for taking the time talk to me last week and take the best thank you for taking the time this morning. This is the first hearing the committee has held since march the 10th. Since then, millions of americans have filed for unemployment. Nearly one point 5 million have contracted covid19 and nearly 90,000 have perished from the disease. Is work in the u. S. Senate that much more critical and we respond as we respond to this pandemic and return to the economy. Second the highestranking office and the department of energy and the department has been playing a role in helping the nation fight coronavirus. The department of energy is a scientific powerhouse. Its National Laboratories are some
This is a different world were facing. The pandemic has taken tens of thousands of americans and infected more than 1. 5 million and infected every single one. It focuses early on the security to the past few months. Including the nominee [inaudible] it is very different than my time in chairman. Those of you that are there in person and we do not we have previously provided guidance to reiterate care. The recommended social distancing. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] before he turned to the intervention i appreciate [inaudible] in the role with Energy Innovation including nuclear and Energy Efficiency renewable. We help create. That experience with the responsibilities and the decisions. Having full view of the department and everyone during this covert pandemic. [inaudible] non[inaudible] there will be situations that are uniquely situated during this pandemic. We thank you for that thank you, madam chairman and we want to thank you for holding this hearing and mr. Menendez nomin