President Trump was in Cincinnati this week where he highlighted the state of our nation’s infrastructure and his plan to devote $1 trillion toward infrastructure revitalization. The President called for bipartisan support, urging both sides of the aisle to assist in what he called “the great rebuilding of America.” Investment in infrastructure development is an issue…
Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hear Thursday from President Donald Trump’s picks to fill two of three vacancies at the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC), the federal agency tasked with overseeing the nation’s power grid and interstate natural gas pipeline network. Earlier this month, President Trump nominated Neil Chatterjee, an…
There is more than $300 billion currently sitting idle as private equity firms search for projects to invest in, according to fund mangers who spoke at forum held by the Atlantic Council last week on the future of infrastructure in the U.S. Robert Amodeo, head of the municipal investing team at Western Asset Management and…
President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy secretary of the Interior Department, David Bernhardt, told lawmakers Thursday that the process for evaluating energy infrastructure projects needs to be streamlined. “If there’s a bad project, we should say it’s a bad project and move on,” said Bernhardt during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural…
A diverse coalition representing energy, manufacturing, construction, and environmental workers is calling on Congressional leaders to streamline the expansion of U.S. electrical infrastructure and make transmission projects a component of any new infrastructure legislation. In a March 14 letter, the 46-member coalition called the nation’s electrical grid “one of the most critical national infrastructure priorities”…
Recently, the Trump Administration announced they have issued a Presidential permit to TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. (“TransCanada”) authorizing TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana, for the importation of crude oil. The issuance of this important permit is a positive step forward for infrastructure development in America –…
President Donald Trump has quickly followed through on his campaign promise to end years of neglect and prioritize a major overhaul of the nation’s aging infrastructure. After just three days on the job, President Trump invited the leaders of some of the nation’s top building and construction unions to the White House to discuss this…
The federal government’s top energy utility regulator says a record increase in new pipeline capacity is contributing to a sustained period of low natural gas prices around the country. In its 2016 State of the Markets Report, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) found that new pipeline infrastructure was helping to move low-cost natural…
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