Council of State Governments-WEST

ENERGY AND PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE

Letter to House - Senate Leadership And Conferees On Energy Bill

Federal Energy Regulation Letter 2002

Publications and Presentations:

• Natural Gas: What is the Future?

• Special Report: The Energy Crisis - 2001 and Beyond

• The 2001 Energy Crisis: What Have We Done?

• Energy Issues Draw Lawmakers

• CSG-WEST Creates Energy Committee-- Adopts Energy Solutions

• Natural Resource Committee Reviews 2002 Farmbill
• Public Land Committee Outlines Pro-Active Strategy

Adopted Policy Positions Since 1998

• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (D0E) FUTUREGEN PROJECT SITING
  (Requests the DOE to Locate FutureGen in One of the Western States With Large  Coal Deposits) (#2003-01)

• Urging Western States to Save Energy
  (Urges Western State Legislatures to Create a Link to DOE’s website and To Lead By Example in Saving Energy With a Focus on Natural Gas) (#2003-02)

• WITHDRAWAL OF THE FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS GUIDANCE (FLAG)
   WHICH IMPEDE NEEDED ENERGY PROJECTS
  (Requests the FLAG Be Replaced by Complete Federal Agency and Public Reviews) (#2003-03)

• Nuclear Research and Production (#2002-02)

• Environmental Protection Agency and New Source Review (#2002-03)

• CSG-WEST Energy Subcommittee on Natural Gas (#2002-04)

• In Support of the Development of a Continental Energy Market (#2001-01)

• Stopgap Electric Transmission Reliability Management System (#2000-01)

• Supporting the Formation of the Western Interconnection Organization (#2000-02)

• The Role of Collaborative Problem Solving in Western Natural Resources (#2000-03)

• Community Right-To-Know Act and Toxics Release Inventory (#1999-01)

• Protecting Electric System Reliability in the West (#1999-02)

• Calling For The Development Of A Western Platform On Natural Resources Issues (#1999-03)

• Urging Congress Not To Increase Its Land Holdings (#1999-04)

• Public Access Rights Across Federal Public Lands (#1998-04)

• North Slope Natural Gas Project (#1998-05)

• Reaffirming The Founding Documents Of Sovereign States (#1998-09)