LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY

Energy/Nuclear

Monitor congressional and federal agency action in the areas of renewable energy, emissions standards, tax incentives for public power, climate change, coal delivery issues, coal ash disposal, transmission lines and other issues.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Energy, Dept of · Justice, Dept of (DOJ) · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) · Surface Transportation Board (STB) · Internal Revenue Service (IRS) · Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Transportation

Monitor legislative proposals and federal agency actions regarding railroad transportation and the delivery of coal supplies. Specific legislation includes the Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act and the Railroad Antitrust Act.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Energy, Dept of · Justice, Dept of (DOJ) · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) · Surface Transportation Board (STB) · Internal Revenue Service (IRS) · Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, Production Tax Credit and other proposals that affect public power entities' ability to utlize tax-exempt financing