Prepared by SMI for OREC This morning, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources resumed the markup of S. 630, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011. The legislation passed out of Committee by voice vote and will be placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar. On March 31st, OREC President Sean […]
S. 630 Mark-Up The Senate Energy Committee will convene on Thursday May 26, 2011 at 10 am to mark up pending energy legislation. Of particular interest to OREC is consideration of S.630 , a bill to promote MHK energy research and development. OREC President Sean O’Neill testified on behalf of the MHK industryat the hearing on the bill […]
Yesterday, OREC filed comments on the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers proposal to create a Nationwide Permit for water-based renewable energy projects. You can view the filed comments here. In our comments, OREC commended the Corps on this important step towards streamlining the permitting process and offered constructive recommendations for improving the new nationwide permit […]
FERC Chairman Wellinghoff will Address the 4th Annual Global Marine Renewable Conference on Thursday, April 28 11:00 am Jon Wellinghoff was named Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency that oversees wholesale electric transactions and interstate electric transmission and gas transportation in the United States, by President Barack Obama on March 19, 2009. […]
OREC Testifies at Senate Energy Committee Hearing Sean O’Neill offers support for MHK Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 Sean O’Neill, President of The Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC), last week testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing focused on water power issues for the marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) […]
View the latest fact sheet from OREC on Marine and Hydrokinetic renewable energy below: In .pdf format: MHK Fact Sheet February 2011
TELECONFERENCE: UPDATES ON CORPS AND BOEMRE PROPOSALS TO STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR MHK AND OFFSHORE WIND Earlier this month, both the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE, formerly, MMS) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) each issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) which have the potential to […]
Michael Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement will address the Fourth Annual Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference to be held at the Almas Temple in Washington, DC April 28 & 29, 2011. Mr. Bromwich will provide a Keynote speech during the morning session on April 28. On June 21, Secretary of the […]
