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Committee roundup: reliability and miners’ recognition pass; multiple bills amended and referred
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued several unanimous or near‑unanimous recommendations on March 7, including due‑pass recommendations for grid reliability and Miner's Day resolutions, and approved an amended house bill that was later re‑referred to appropriations.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 7 completed a series of hearings and took votes on multiple resolutions and bills, issuing due‑pass recommendations on energy and trade resolutions, approving an amended house bill and re‑referring it to the Appropriations Committee.
Key outcomes
- House Concurrent Resolution 3015 (grid reliability): The committee voted 7‑0 to give HCR 3015 a due‑pass recommendation. Jonathan Fortner of the Lignite Energy Council and Representative Anna Novak, prime sponsor, testified that the resolution urges the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to act to maintain bulk‑power reliability amid retirements of dispatchable generation. The committee record shows a 7‑0 roll call in favor of a due pass.
- House Concurrent…
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