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Commission meeting held in Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Open to the public via video Webcast only.

Link to meeting webcast when live

Meeting agenda
ADMINISTRATIVE
A-1	AD22-1-000	Agency Administrative Matters
A-2	AD22-2-000	Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations
A-3	AD06-3-000	Market Update
ELECTRIC
E-1	RM20-16-001	Managing Transmission Line Ratings
E-2	OMITTED
E-3	ER21-62-000	Uniper Global Commodities North America LLC
E-4	ER21-65-000	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
E-5	ER21-59-000	Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP
	ER21-59-001
E-6	ER21-64-000	Macquarie Energy LLC
E-7	ER22-1246-000	California Independent System Operator Corporation
E-8	QF21-222-002	Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
E-9	ER22-476-001	Alabama Power Company
E-10	EL22-44-000	Grand River Dam Authority
E-11	EL22-45-000	Lincoln Electric System
E-12	EL22-46-000	Nebraska Public Power District
E-13	EL22-47-000	Omaha Public Power District
E-14	OMITTED
E-15	EC22-24-000	GridLiance High Plains LLC
E-16	RR21-10-000	North American Electric Reliability Corporation
MISCELLANEOUS
M-1	RM22-15-000	Certification of Uncontested Settlements by Settlement Judges
GAS
G-1	RM21-18-000	Revised Filing and Reporting Requirements for Interstate Natural Gas Company Rate Schedules and Tariffs
G-2	OR19-14-000MPLX	Ozark Pipe Line LLC
G-3	RP21-1001-006	Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
HYDRO
H-1	P-15246-000	PacifiCorp
H-2	P-15239-000	PacifiCorp
H-3	P-2188-259	NorthWestern Corporation
Certificates
C-1	CP21-197-000	Kern River Gas Transmission Company
C-2	CP21-78-000	ANR Pipeline Company
C-3	IN19-4-001	Rover Pipeline, LLC and Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
C-4	CP21-6-000	Spire Storage West LLC

05/19/2022 at 10:00AM

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Member statements

• Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
• Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)

Witnesses

• Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy
• Jill Hruby, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration

The Fiscal Year 2023 budget request for the defense functions of the Department of Energy is $29.7 billion. This figure accounts for about 61 percent of the Department of Energy’s overall $48 billion request. Given the share of the defense function of the Department’s budget, it is important for this committee to continue its oversight of the Department’s defense activities, which span from maintaining our nuclear stockpile to cleaning up former Cold War defense production sites. Within this defense proposal, the National Nuclear Security Administration, or NNSA, is requesting $21.4 billion – a 3.2 percent increase over last year’s level of $20.6 billion. I would also note that the amount for the defense portion of environmental cleanup increased by three percent to $6.9 billion.

At the hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) challenged Granholm on the energy waste of crypto mining. “Does the federal government know how many crypto miners are operating in the United States and how much electricity they are using?”

Granholm: “No.”

05/19/2022 at 09:30AM

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Witnesses:

• Rep. Steve Cohen: U.S. Capitol ban on single-use plastics
• Rep. Derek Kilmer: modernization and staff tuition support
• Rep. Andy Levin: staff unionization
• Rep. Seth Moulton: intern pay
• Rep. Mike Quigley: public access to Congressional Research Service reports
• Diane M. Rodriguez, President, American Association of Law Libraries; GPO and Library of Congress budget request
• Rep. William R. Timmons: bipartisan co-working spaces

05/18/2022 at 02:00PM

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05/18/2022 at 02:00PM

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Witnesses:

• Jessica Bowron, Comptroller, National Park Service
• Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III, Director, National Park Service

The discretionary budget request for the NPS is $3.6 billion, an increase of $345.6 million compared to FY 2022 enacted funding levels. This level supports an estimated 16,412 direct full-time equivalents (FTE). Recreation fee revenue and other mandatory funding sources provide additional funding of $1.1 billion. The total FY 2023 request for NPS is $4.8 billion and 20,495 FTE from all funding sources. The NPS FY 2023 request prioritizes advancing racial equity and support for underserved stories and communities, tackling the climate crisis in the national park system, conserving our natural resources, and using science to inform decisions.

The FY 2023 operations budget includes a $178.8 million increase to support science, build NPS resiliency to climate change, and increase conservation efforts.

The FY 2023 budget request includes amounts to support several partnership programs. In FY 2023, the NPS plans to complement existing youth partnership programs by directing an additional $31.0 million to implement the Civilian Climate Corps (CCC).

The NPS also requests an additional $22.5 million to increase support of conservation partnership efforts through Research Learning Centers and Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units. The work of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program, for which the budget requests an increase of $16.0 million, provides vital resource data to park managers and research partners. Finally, the budget includes a $2.0 million increase to establish a permanent NPS Incident Management Team that will plan for and respond to emergencies including natural disasters, which have increased in severity and frequency due to the effects of climate change. To improve NPS climate adaptation and resilience efforts, the budget includes increases totaling $45.8 million for the Construction account. This includes a $10.0 million increase for abandoned mineral lands projects—supporting the President’s commitment to create jobs in some of the hardest hit communities in the Nation—while mitigating hazards, improving water quality, and restoring natural resources to their original condition. It also includes a $7.0 million increase for unscheduled projects that address damage from emergencies, critical system failures, and extreme environmental conditions as a result of increased threats from climate change. The proposal includes an additional $12.1 million for management planning related to climate change, including climate vulnerability assessments and compliance pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. Also, as part of the conservation initiative, and in support of the President’s goal of transitioning to a fully Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Federal fleet, the NPS budget includes an increase of $16.7 million to acquire ZEVs and to deploy vehicle charging and refueling infrastructure. The Department of the Interior is coordinating all of these efforts to meet or exceed the ZEV-related goals set forth in the comprehensive plan developed pursuant to E.O. 14008, Section 205(a). This investment will be complemented by Department of Energy funding to provide technical assistance to agencies through the Federal Energy Management Program as the NPS builds and grows its ZEV infrastructure.

05/18/2022 at 02:00PM

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Witnesses:

• Lieutenant General Edward Banta, Deputy Commandant of Installations and Logistics for the Marine Corps, US Marine Corps
• Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Environment, Installations and Energy, Department of the Navy
• Sergeant Major Troy Black, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, US Marine Corps
• Master Chief Russel Smith, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Department of the Navy
• Vice Admiral Ricky Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistic, Department of the Navy

The Department of the Navy budget is $230.8 billion: a Navy budget at $180.5 billion and Marine Corps budget at $50.3 billion. In regards to climate change, the ‘23 budget increases climate investments by a total of $137 million across the shore providing funding for electric vehicle leasing, charging stations, installation resiliency, and natural resource carbon sequestration projects.

05/18/2022 at 10:30AM

On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building and via Cisco Webex, the Committee on Natural Resources Office of Insular Affairs will hold a hybrid oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request of the Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.

05/18/2022 at 10:00AM

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Witnesses:

• Ruth Ann Norton, President & CEO, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
• Katie Tubb, Research Fellow, Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment, The Heritage Foundation
• Krista Egger, Vice President, Building Resilient Futures, Enterprise Community Partners

05/18/2022 at 10:00AM

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The following measures will be considered:

ANS to H.R. 7776, Water Resources Development Act of 2022

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05/18/2022 at 10:00AM

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The Department of the Navy budget is $230.8 billion: a Navy budget at $180.5 billion and Marine Corps budget at $50.3 billion. In regards to climate change, the ‘23 budget increases climate investments by a total of $137 million across the shore providing funding for electric vehicle leasing, charging stations, installation resiliency, and natural resource carbon sequestration projects.

05/18/2022 at 10:00AM