Sheldon Whitehouse: “I would encourage you to try to get an answer to us within the window that the chairman is going to provide for…”

“must pay for any network upgrades needed to serve their big demand, so ratepayers don’t bear the cost burden of added infrastructure.”

We introduced the Disaster Relief Fairness Act in July, which would require the federal government to approve disaster aid when a state meets FEMA’s criteria for assistance.

Most of the dealbreaker humps we’re over, but now it’s refining the language, taking raw agreements into legislative texts and figuring out what schedule for voting succeeds.

The wins from this could be very very big ones. This should lower electricity costs measurably for Americans. This should increase clean power significantly for Americans. This should significantly add construction and jobs across the…