DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 21 (TNSsro) -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 21A-0570R New Elk Coal Company IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NEW ELK COAL CO., LLC FOR AUTHORITY TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE A COUNTY ROAD RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING AT COUNTY ROAD 20.8 AND NEW ELK COAL CO., LLC (COUNTY ROAD 20.8 IN JANSEN, LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO) . Filing Date and Party: 11/30/2021 New Elk Coal   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46908) on Jan. 19, 2022, entitled "Interior, Environment and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2022 Appropriations" by natural resources policy specialist Carol Hardy Vincent: * * * The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill contains funding for about three dozen agencies and entities. They include most of the Department of the Interior (DOI), as well as agencies within other depa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Scott Corwin, executive director of the Northwest Public Power Association, involving a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing on hydropower: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the opportunities and challenges for maintaining existing hydropower capacity, expanding hydropower at non-powered dams, and increasing pumped storage hydropower. The role of hydropower in our nation's energy   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Jennifer Garson, acting director for the Water Power Technologies of the Energy Department, involving a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing on hydropower: * * * My name is Jennifer Garson, and I am the Acting Director for the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) in the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). As the Acting Director, I direct applied res  more