United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy is one of four subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

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Jurisdiction

This subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: nuclear, coal and synthetic fuels research and development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy commercialization projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; Department of Energy National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies research and development; nuclear facilities siting and insurance program; commercialization of new technologies including, solar energy systems; Federal energy conservation programs; energy information; liquefied natural gas projects; oil and natural gas regulation; refinery policy; coal conversion; utility policy; Strategic Petroleum Reserves; regulation of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil and gas pipeline transportation systems within Alaska Arctic research and energy development; and oil, gas and coal production and distribution.

Members, 111th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Maria Cantwell of Washington, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Jim Risch, of Idaho.

Majority Minority
Ex-Officio
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Lisa Murkowski, Alaska

References

  1. ^ Bernie Sanders is an Independent, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.

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