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Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire, a position she has held since January 3, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to be elected governor of New Hampshire, serving from 1997 to 2003. During her tenure in the Senate, Shaheen has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and national security, often advocating for policies that support working families and promote economic growth.
I ask permission to engage in a colloquy with the Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy. I would like to address a problem that affects many women who are victims of domestic violence. We have addressed a variety of important concerns with the…
Thank you to you and Senator Murkowski for holding the hearing and for your leadership on the Clean Energy Standard.
I share your enthusiasm. I think technology offers tremendous opportunities in this area.
I actually think that would be a mistake if we look at the successes of NATO.
One of the most important things we could do to support Europe in addressing their fiscal crisis was to address our own at home.
I think it does raise, because it has not been adequately addressed by the administration, the important issue of how in the long term we will maintain interoperability between United States and European forces.
If the Chicago summit is to have one overarching purpose, it should be to provide a credible reaffirmation of the transatlantic bargain.
Fantastic, that is a first-rate decision. We should have done it a long time ago.
How should Public Utility Commissions look at that issue when it comes to reliability?
Just so that I am very clear on what you're talking about. When you're talking about a microgrid exactly what are you talking about?
It's harder when you're dealing with an investor owned utility and consumers have no choices for where they're going to get their power.
If Congress wants more data at the distribution level, you know, what if anything should Congress do.
Should it be FERC? Should it be NERC for us in the Northeast? Should it be the Department of Energy?
Talking about the concern for data collection and the need for standardized data collection are you comfortable that that standardized system of data collection is currently in place now?
Some estimates show a strong investment in the grid--in smart grid and distributed generation, in back up generation and things--that would help us basically diversify and build redundancy.
Certainly I understand that these are only a period of about 10 years. But just looking at the data reflected in these charts it certainly looks like the number of weather related disturbances has increased pretty dramatically as have the…
How do we get other companies to do the kinds of proactive improvements that your company has taken on?
My concern and I know it's shared by Senator Blumenthal and by everybody on this committee, is that we look at ways in which we can encourage whether it's through better standards or through incentivizing innovation for new developments in…
Is there a way to have the information reflect other potential issues with if it's transmission?
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