As we are at the beginning of fire season for a large part of the U.S., let me first take a moment to thank all of the federal wildland firefighters for their service.

The Government Accountability Office recently reported that smoke from U.S. wildfires now makes up 30 percent of the United States emissions of particulates.

We believe it is critical to take steps now to de-risk the transition.

I know my colleague Senator Barrasso has legislation to change that, and I am also working on legislation to address this glaring omission.

Today we are going to continue this Committee's ongoing oversight of the reliability challenges facing our electric grid.

We believe it is critical to take steps now to de-risk the transition.

Let me be clear--a requirement to use CCUS with a refusal to issue CCUS permits is a shutdown requirement.

We will need to slow down the retirement or restriction of existing generation until replacement capacity is deployed.

it is possible to eliminate coal today or in the near future?

We will need to slow down the retirement or restriction of existing generation until replacement capacity is deployed.

we need coal to maintain grid reliability.

If you look at the chart that you showed, Senator Manchin, we, today, have sufficient generation to meet the anticipated needs of our system.