Energy
When it comes to energy issues, Vermont continues to lead the nation with new and creative ideas for energy sources and conservation techniques. This spirit of innovation by no means negates the financial hardship felt by many Vermonters as energy prices fluctuate and options are limited by our rural landscape. With long commutes and extremely cold winters, Vermonters are often the hardest hit by rising fuel prices.
For years, Senator Leahy has worked to provide assistance to those Vermonters in need and to combat rising energy prices across the board. Senator Leahy continues to work to bring down the price at the pump, investigate market manipulation by oil and gas companies, and help struggling families. As part of a long-term solution, Senator Leahy is fighting to break our addiction to foreign oil and invest in affordable, domestic and renewable sources of energy.
Latest
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07.24.19
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Announce $3 Million Federal Grant For Electric Buses And Charging Stations In Vermont’s Upper Valley
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02.02.17
Senate Floor Remarks Of Senator Patrick Leahy In Opposition To The Resolution To Kill The SEC Resource Extraction Rule, Which Protects Investors And The Public By Increasing Transparency To Discourage Massive Payments By Oil Companies And Others To Corrupt Foreign Kleptocrats
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12.20.16
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On POTUS Announcement Banning Drilling in Parts of Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
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04.25.16
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Commemorating Earth Day
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04.22.16
Paris Agreement Signing On Earth Day Honors The Meaning And The Goals Of Earth Day
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04.20.16
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On Senate Passage Of The Energy Policy Modernization Act
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04.01.16
Leahy, Sanders, Welch File Brief To DC Circuit Court Supporting Clean Power Plan
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01.08.16
Leahy, Sanders, Welch And Gov. Shumlin Announce $46 M. In USDA Guaranteed Loan For New Energy Efficiency Program
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12.11.15
Leahy Welcomes Long-Delayed SEC Draft Rule On Oil And Mining Transparency
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12.08.15
Vermont Delegation Calls for More Public Scrutiny, Meetings in Vermont on Decommissioning Regulations
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11.17.15
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), In Support of the Administration’s Clean Power Plan
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11.06.15
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) To The President’s Decision On The Keystone XL Pipeline
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11.04.15
Sanders, Merkley, Leahy Introduce Bill to Ban New Drilling on Public Land
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08.19.15
Leahy And Sanders Join In Calling On Financial Regulators To Hold Oil Companies Accountable, Disclose Risks And Increase Transparency
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08.04.15
Leahy Joins As Original Cosponsor On Bill To Halt Unfair Tax Handouts To Big Oil
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08.03.15
Leahy Hails President’s Clean Power Plan
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06.29.15
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Supreme Court’s Decision in Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency Blocking Environmental Protection Agency’s Regulation of Toxic Pollutants from Coal-Fired Power Plants
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05.27.15
Leahy, Sanders Voice Opposition To Oil Drilling In Arctic Ocean
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02.24.15
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The President’s Veto Of The Bill To Fast-Track The Keystone XL Pipeline
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11.18.14
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To Senate Defeat Of The Keystone XL Pipeline Bill Tuesday Night
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11.18.14
Senate Floor Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) In Opposition To S.2280, The Bill To Approve The Keystone XL Pipeline
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10.22.14
U.S. Energy Department Awards $3 Million in Solar Energy Grants to Vermont Companies
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10.16.14
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: With Cold Weather Around The Corner, Vermont Receives $17.2 M. In Home Heating Assistance
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10.15.14
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: $629,966 In Grants To Support Efficient And Renewable Energy In Vermont
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06.02.14
Leahy Praises EPA’s Historic New Limits On Pollution From The Power Sector
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05.16.14
U.S. Energy Secretary Addresses Vermont Energy Summit
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01.31.14
Reaction of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senate President Pro Tempore And Chairman Of The Appropriations Committee’s State Department And Foreign Operations Subcommittee, On The State Department’s EIS On The Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline
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01.31.14
Leahy, Sanders, Welch Announce $2.5 Million in Heating Assistance for VT
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12.23.13
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Agreement By Governor Shumlin, Attorney General Sorrell And Entergy, Concerning Vermont Yankee
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11.04.13
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Vermont Receives $16.6 Million In Home Heating Assistance
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09.20.13
Leahy Praises EPA Announcement Of New Limits On Pollution From Future Power Plants
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11.13.12
Vermont To Receive Infusion Of Home Heating Assistance
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09.11.12
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Extension Of The Production Tax Credit For Wind Energy
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08.22.12
Cardin, Lugar, Leahy Welcome SEC Approval Of Transparency Rules
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07.18.12
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The High Price of Gasoline
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04.14.12
Statement Released By Senator Patrick Leahy For Presentation To The Public Gathering About The Future Of Vermont Yankee
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03.28.12
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act
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02.29.12
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On NOPEC Amendment To The Moving Ahead For Progress In The 21st Century Act
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02.13.12
Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy On President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal
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01.26.12
Vermont Delegation Hails Selection Of Middlebury College And Norwich University To Compete In Solar Decathlon 2013
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01.19.12
Vermont Receives Home Heating Aid
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12.22.11
Vermont Receives $3.6 Million For LIHEAP, Delegation Fights For More
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12.17.11
Leahy Votes No On Bill Linking Keystone Tar Sands Project To Americans' Payroll Tax Rates
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12.17.11
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
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12.14.11
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
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12.01.11
Vermont Syrup Produces To Receive Grants To Make Production More Energy Efficient
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11.16.11
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Proposed CAFE Standards For Light-Duty Vehicles
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11.10.11
Reaction Of Senator Leahy To The State Department's Announcement Of A Delay In The Keystone/XL Review Process
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11.01.11
Reaction of Senator Patrick Leahy To The State Department’s Response To A Senate Letter On The Process Of Considering The Keystone/XL Pipeline Project
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11.01.11
Delegation Announces Immediate Release Of Over $11 Million In Heating Assistance To Vermont
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10.14.11
Senators Raise ‘Serious Concerns’ About State Department Study on Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
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10.13.11
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Washington Electric Cooperative Nets $7.4 M. Loan For Service Improvements, Including ‘Smart-Grid’ Components
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08.26.11
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To State Department Announcement On The Keystone Pipeline
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08.17.11
Leahy, Sanders, Welch: 10 Vt. Farms And Businesses Net Energy-Saving Grants
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07.29.11
Leahy: Nuclear Waste Report Is Impetus For Congress To Forge Sensible Waste Storage Program
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06.16.11
Leahy Hails Senate’s ‘Watershed’ Vote To End Ethanol Tax Subsidies
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05.18.11
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Senate Debate Of S. 953, The Offshore Production And Safety Act Of 2011
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05.17.11
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Bill To Scale Back Oil Company Tax Loopholes, And On The Filibuster Of The Bill
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04.18.11
Delegation Statement on Entergy Lawsuit
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03.21.11
Delegation Statement on NRC and Vermont Yankee
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03.10.11
Vermont Delegation Statement on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Announcement
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02.28.11
Delegation to NRC: Don’t Delay Vermont Yankee Cleanup
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02.14.11
Delegation Joins Forces on Home Heating Assistance
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02.14.11
Senator Patrick Leahy’s Statement On The Deep Cuts Proposed For The LIHEAP Program
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12.21.10
$11 Million Slated For Vermont Home Heating Help
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12.16.10
Sanders and Leahy Fight Senate Republican Stalling Tactics Blocking $11 Million to Keep Vermonters Warm this Winter
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12.10.10
Vermont Nets $3.3 M. More In Home Heating Funds, As Vermont’s Congressional Delegation Keeps The Heat On Congress For Further LIHEAP Funding
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11.09.10
Vermont Harvests 6th Largest Share Of Rural Renewable Energy Grants And Loans
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10.29.10
Senators Query Secretary Clinton On Pending Decision On TransCanada Tar Sands Pipeline
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09.16.10
Leahy, Sanders, Welch Announce Report Detailing Recovery Act Energy Investments In Vermont
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09.13.10
Vermont Congressional Delegation Hails Energy Grant For Barre-Based Company
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08.27.10
Vermont Receives $5.7 Million For Local Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Efforts
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08.19.10
Vermont Agencies To Share $4.7 Million For Energy Efficiency
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07.27.10
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Clean Energy Jobs And Oil Accountability Act
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07.27.10
Statement Of Senator Leahy On Protecting Victims Of Major Oil Spills
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06.11.10
West Rutland Project Wins $4.5 Million Energy Grant
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06.10.10
Leahy, Schumer, Whitehouse Press For Accountability From Oil, Drilling Companies
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06.09.10
FTC Chairman To Leahy: Antitrust Laws Shouldn’t Prohibit Oil Companies From Assisting In Gulf Spill
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06.08.10
Leahy Introduces Survivors Equality Act To Allow Families Of Oil Rig Victims To Seek Justice In Court
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06.08.10
Judiciary Committee Hears Testimony About Risky Business Of Big Oil
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05.26.10
Leahy And Other Senators Ask Attorney General To Look Into Transocean’s Plans To Distribute $1 B. In Dividends
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04.30.10
Comment On The Oil Spill Disaster That Continues To Spread In The Gulf Of Mexico
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03.30.10
Vermont Delegation Calls on Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Reconsider Closed-Door Meeting
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02.13.10
Leahy, Sanders, Welch Hail Vilsack’s OK Of USDA Loan For Northeast Kingdom Biomass Venture
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02.03.10
Delegation Receives Response Letter From NRC Chairman
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01.31.10
January 2010
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01.26.10
Vermont Delegation Meets With Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman
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01.26.10
Meeting with NRC Chairman
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01.22.10
Vermont Delegation Calls On The Nuclear Regulatory Commission To Investigate Vermont Yankee
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01.21.10
Montpelier Wins $8 Million Federal Energy Grant
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01.20.10
Vermont Delegation Seeks More Home Heating Help
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01.15.10
Vermont Congressional Delegation Requests NRC Investigation Into Radioactive Leak Risks At Vermont Yankee
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01.13.10
Vermont Receives $3.7 Million in LIHEAP Home Heating Funds
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01.08.10
GE in Rutland Wins $12 Million Clean Energy Stimulus
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01.07.10
Vermont Delegation Urges President Obama to Release Emergency Home Heating Funds
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12.02.09
Vermont Receives $536,400 for Energy Efficient Appliance Rebates
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10.27.09
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Announce Nearly $69 Million To Launch Smart Grid Technology In Vermont
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10.07.09
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Huddle With Energy Secretary To Underscore Support For Vermont’s Smart Grid Application
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10.04.09
A new view of food scraps’ potential; There’s power on your plate
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09.22.09
Vermont Receives $19.4 Million In Energy Efficiency, Weatherization And Renewable Energy Funding
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07.27.09
Vermont Delegation Announces $8.8 Million In Recovery Funds For Renewable Energy And Efficiency Projects
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07.22.09
Statement, Hearing On “The Role Of Agriculture And Forestry In Global Warming Legislation”
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07.15.09
Vermont Delegation Announces $683,000 In Recovery Funds For Barre’s Northern Power Systems
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07.10.09
Vermont In Line For $17 Million For Weatherization
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04.29.09
Leahy, Sanders And Welch Introduce ‘Greener Gardens Bill’ Giving Consumers Tax Incentives For Choosing Lower-Emissions Yard Equipment
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03.12.09
Vermont Receives $38 M. For Energy Efficiency Programs
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02.10.09
Leahy Cites Vermont Investments In Senate-Passed Economic Recovery Package
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01.26.09
Comment On Higher-Efficiency Emissions Standards Sought By California, Vermont And Other States
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10.16.08
$38.7 Million In Home Energy Funds For Vermont Released Today
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09.27.08
Major Victory On Home Energy Assistance
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03.07.08
Oil Prices, OPEC, And The “NOPEC” Bill
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02.22.08
Delegation Announces $1.3 Million For Vermont Home Heating Assistance