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UCS pays close attention to federal actions that may promote or hinder the development of renewable electricity. We make comments, send letters, and give testimony. Some of our submissions are listed below in chronological order with the most recent at the top.
Letter responding to Representative Dingell and Representative Boucher's questions on renewable standard design (large PDF) sent June 15, 2007.
Letter responding to Senator Domenici, Senator Talent, and Senator Salazar's questions (PDF) sent March 25, 2005.
Testimony on the economic and security benefits of renewable energy before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality (PDF) given February 16, 2005.
Letter to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources offering policy proposals that address concerns of Natural Gas supply and demand (PDF) sent January 7, 2005.
Comments on the EPA's Draft programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on mountaintop coal mining in Appalachia (PDF) submitted January 6, 2004.
Coalition letter to the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee (PDF) on national energy policy sent April 28, 2003.
Coalition testimony on the bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (PDF) before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources given March 6, 2003.
Testimony on the benefits of renewable energy before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality (PDF) given March 5, 2003. Similar testimony was also given before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (PDF) on March 27, 2003.
Letter to the Under Secretary of the Army on the Cape Wind scientific measurement devices station permit (PDF) sent August 16, 2002.
Letter to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on including energy from animal wastes in the energy tax bill (PDF) sent February 12, 2002. Testimony on the diversity, stability, and security of renewable energy before the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (PDF) given December 13, 2001.
Comments to the U.S. Department of Energy on funding for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (PDF) sent June 29, 2001.
Testimony on electricity restructuring and reliability before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (PDF) give April 13, 2000.
Testimony on the Biomass Research and Development Act and the National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act (PDF) before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment given October 27, 1999.
Testimony on the National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act of 1999 (PDF) before the US Senate's Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, May 27, 1999. | 
