Today's hearing on the proposed Home Star program brings to the forefront of our discussions the complexity of setting energy efficiency standards for windows, doors, and skylights...
This creates customer confusion, but more importantly does not achieve the goal of maximum energy efficiency.
It is important to get this testimony into the public record so we can potentially act upon it.
I want to thank you again for your leadership on this and trying to figure out a solution on the derivatives side.
I do not think we would have met with our next panel without you having brought this forward.
The President said in his State of the Union address that he looks forward to a new generation of safe, clean nuclear reactors.
I thank the President for filling this void on the TVA board.
I think I have been known for my brevity in the short time that I have been in the Senate. I don't plan on changing that.
The by far most appropriate clean energy for our region is nuclear power.
The President also endorsed $54 billion of support for loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants.
The TVA is very important to the Tennessee Valley area. It spans multi-States, and it has multiple energy sources.