Representative Jackie Dingfelder, Oregon
Chair |
Mark Your Calendar!
CSG-WEST 62nd Annual Meeting
October 5-8, 2009
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Representative John Coghill, Alaska
Vice Chair |
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| This committee will examine policies that ensure the reliable production, generation, and transmission of the West’s fossil and renewable energy resources which are vital to the region’s economy and that maintain the environmental integrity of the West’s land, air, and water resources. The committee will collaborate with the Western Governors’ Association and the Western Interstate Energy Board to promote and support sustainable energy policies. It will also track and explore the impacts of world energy development on the West. |
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Energy & Public Lands 2006
Highlights: The committee
reviewed the rising cost of electricity, Canadian energy resources, U.S.
energy security and cutting-edge energy research conducted at the
National Energy Renewable Laboratory. Lawmakers also discussed the role
of state legislatures in federal trusts and public lands.
2006 Annual
Meeting
presentations click here. |
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Energy & Public Lands 2005
Highlights: The committee reviewed
effects of increasing oil and natural gas demand worldwide on U.S.
energy policy, the impact of global climate change on U.S. corporate
energy and marketing strategies, and ways to utilize existing
transmission lines and encourage the construction of new ones |
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| For More
Information on the Energy and Environment Committee,
please contact CSG-WEST staff: Rich
Lindsey |
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