Whitfield Seeks Answers From Oil Companies on High Gas PricesU.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee onOversight and Investigations, today sent letters to the heads of five major oil companies - ExxonMobil,Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, and Royal Dutch/Shell - asking for detailed information about how thosecompanies are al...
Whitfield's Subcommittee To Investigate High Gas PricesU.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, announced today that the Subcommittee will begin an inquiry into oil refining capacity and oil company profits in response to the recent escalation of gasoline prices. Whitfield is taking ...
Whitfield Urges State to Move Forward on Thoroughbred PlantU.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield today called on the state to move forward on the appeal that is blocking progress on Peabody Energys Thoroughbred Energy Campus in Muhlenberg County. In a letter sent Friday, Whitfield urged Environmental and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary LaJuana Wilcher t...
Whitfield Urges President to Highlight Coal in State of the Union AddressCongressman Ed Whitfield recently spearheaded a letter to President Bush that asks the President to remain committed to utilizing coal as a cornerstone of our national energy policy. Coal is a 21st century energy resource it is mined, transported and used in the U.S. in an envi...
Congressman Whitfield Works to Bring Down Prices at the PumpCongressman Ed Whitfield on Friday hailed the passage of H.R. 3893, the Gasoline for Americas Security Act of 2005, also known as the GAS Act. Gasoline prices have gone through the roof and Congress has acted to stop the skyrocketing prices, said Whitfield.This legislation will help to add ...
Whitfield Scores Major Win for Workers at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion PlantU.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield announced Wednesday that he received written confirmation that Department of Energy (DOE) will honor the pension and health benefits for USEC employees who transfer to cleanup jobs at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
House Approves Bill to Increase Domestic Refinery CapacityOn Wednesday, the House passed the Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act, a bill to increase the number of domestic refineries, said U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield. The bill passed the House by a vote of 238 to 179.
Security Breaches at DOE Not Reported to Top-Level OfficialsU.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, on Friday held a hearing to examine vulnerabilities with the computer and information security systems at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Hearing Examines Nuclear Oversight PlansImprovements are being made to federal safety inspection standards for the countrys nuclear plants, witnesses told U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfields Subcommittee on Monday.
Mondays hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations focused on the effectiveness of the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). Created in 2000, ROP is an oversight and assessment program that monitors conditions at each of the countrys 103 nuclear power plants.
Whitfield Urges Support for Henderson FutureGen SiteU.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield repeated his strong support for Hendersons bid to land the FutureGen project, saying the advantages Kentucky offered for the nations first zero-emissions fossil plant would be difficult for other states to match.
