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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, participated in a full committee hearing this week to examine the impact of the Russian Federation’s war in Ukraine on European and global energy security one year after the invasion. WATCH: Heinrich Points To...

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 15, at 9 a.m. ET, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will headline the 2023 Energy Storage Policy Forum hosted by American Clean Power. Senator Heinrich will join American Clean Power CEO Jason Grumet for a fireside chat on improving energy storage capabilities and...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen urging the Biden Administration to clarify that offshore wind developers can treat assets leading up to, and including, the onshore transformer and project substation as qualifying for purposes of claiming the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is urging the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to exercise its statutory oversight responsibilities to ensure that funds collected by the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) are being appropriately used. According to a recent New York Times article, PERC plans to...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, joined local leaders to highlight the benefits of electrification during the first-ever “PowerUP Las Cruces Expo and Training.” PHOTOS: Highlight Cost-Saving, Job-Creating Benefits Of Electrification In Southern New...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – On Friday, January 20, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the founder and co-chair of the bicameral Electrification Caucus, will be in Las Cruces to highlight how electrifying America’s future will lower costs for households, create new jobs, and improve air quality.   At 10 a.m. MT, Senator Heinrich,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, welcomed today’s announcement that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will electrifying 75% of its new purpose-built Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV) and commit to acquire...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and c-chair of the Electrification Caucus, announced $87,742,040 that will be available to the State of New Mexico and Tribes in the state from the Inflation Reduction Act for consumer home energy rebate programs, enabling communities to make homes more energy efficient, upgrade...

WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published by The Hill, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and U.S. Representatives Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), the founders and co-chairs of the bicameral Electrification Caucus, describe how they have advanced policies in Congress to accelerate widespread...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, delivered opening remarks at the first-ever White House Electrification Summit. Senator Heinrich highlighted how a new rebate program he secured in the Inflation Reduction Act will make the cost-saving and health benefits of home...

WASHINGTON - Today, Wednesday, December 14, at 1 p.m. ET/11 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver remarks at the White House Electrification Summit to explore how electrification can help the United States meet its climate and equity goals, while lowering costs, creating jobs, and improving air...

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at 1 p.m. ET/11 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will deliver remarks at the White House Electrification Summit to explore how electrification can help the United States meet its climate and equity goals, while lowering costs, creating jobs, and improving air...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are requesting $2.1 billion in Disaster Supplemental Funding to address the severe and ongoing supply shortage of electrical...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a group of Democratic senators led by U.S. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) issued a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Commerce issuing a preliminary affirmative determination in their investigation into solar panels and cells imported from Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, joined a group of Democratic Senators in a letter urging the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to use Inflation Reduction Act funding to increase vehicle electrification commitments and support workers. In a letter to Postmaster General...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, is welcoming an announcement by the Biden administration that the United States will join the Global Memorandum of Understanding (Global MOU) on Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (MHDV). In a continued effort to decarbonize the road...

WASHINGTON – In a continued effort to decarbonize the road transport sector and transition the new commercial vehicle transportation sector to zero-emission by 2040, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, is leading a bicameral group of Democrats in a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Bicameral Electrification Caucus, announced the New Mexico recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition. A total of $4,560,000 was awarded to Dulce, Pecos, Las Cruces, Dora, and Lake Arthur...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Deployment Plan has been approved by the Biden-Harris administration, under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, established and funded by the Infrastructure Law that Senator...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), co-chairs and founders of the Electrification Caucus, are urging the General Services Administration (GSA) to lead the transition of buildings away from fossil fuels and toward high efficiency heating...