Energy and Natural Resources Committee Roundtable on Skyrocketing Energy Costs
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Energy and Natural Resources Committee Roundtable on Skyrocketing Energy Costs
THURSDAY: Heinrich to Host Roundtable with Cortez Masto, Hickenlooper, Schatz, Welch, Union Representatives, National and Local Advocates on Trump Administration Policies Raising Americans’ Electric Bills
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, January 29, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will host a roundtable with an elected official, union representatives, and national and local electrification and efficiency advocates to discuss how the Trump administration’s policies — from stalling permits of more than 500 clean energy projects to sunsetting critical investments that make energy cheaper for consumers — have raised utility costs on working families.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
WHAT: Roundtable on Skyrocketing Energy Costs
WHEN: Press check-in at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Media availability following the roundtable.
WHO:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
U.S. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Patrick Crowley, President Rhode Island AFL-CIO
Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mt. Vernon, New York
Mark Wolfe, Executive Director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Co-Director of the Center on Energy Policy and Poverty
Paula Glover, President Alliance to Save Energy
Ari Matusiak, President Rewiring America
Scott Libby, Owner Royal River Heat Pumps
Alfonso “Fonze” Martinez, Business Manager of IBEW Local Union 611
WHERE: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C. Specific Room Available Upon RSVP.
LIVESTREAM: Click here for the livestream link. The livestream will also be available on the ENR Democrat’s Instagram, X, and Facebook, at the time of the event.
View Paula's Opening Here
WHO:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
U.S. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Patrick Crowley, President Rhode Island AFL-CIO
Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mt. Vernon, New York
Mark Wolfe, Executive Director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Co-Director of the Center on Energy Policy and Poverty
Paula Glover, President Alliance to Save Energy
Ari Matusiak, President Rewiring America
Scott Libby, Owner Royal River Heat Pumps
Alfonso “Fonze” Martinez, Business Manager of IBEW Local Union 611
WHERE: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C. Specific Room Available Upon RSVP.
LIVESTREAM: Click here for the livestream link. The livestream will also be available on the ENR Democrat’s Instagram, X, and Facebook, at the time of the event.
View Paula's Opening Here
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THURSDAY: Heinrich to Host Roundtable with Cortez Masto, Hickenlooper, Schatz, Welch, Union Representatives, National and Local Advocates on Trump Administration Policies Raising Americans’ Electric Bills
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, January 29, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will host a roundtable with an elected official, union representatives, and national and local electrification and efficiency advocates to discuss how the Trump administration’s policies — from stalling permits of more than 500 clean energy projects to sunsetting critical investments that make energy cheaper for consumers — have raised utility costs on working families.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
WHAT: Roundtable on Skyrocketing Energy Costs
WHEN: Press check-in at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Media availability following the roundtable.
WHO:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
U.S. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Patrick Crowley, President Rhode Island AFL-CIO
Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mt. Vernon, New York
Mark Wolfe, Executive Director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Co-Director of the Center on Energy Policy and Poverty
Paula Glover, President Alliance to Save Energy
Ari Matusiak, President Rewiring America
Scott Libby, Owner Royal River Heat Pumps
Alfonso “Fonze” Martinez, Business Manager of IBEW Local Union 611
WHERE: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C. Specific Room Available Upon RSVP.
LIVESTREAM: Click here for the livestream link. The livestream will also be available on the ENR Democrat’s Instagram, X, and Facebook, at the time of the event.
View Paula's Opening Here
WHO:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
U.S. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Patrick Crowley, President Rhode Island AFL-CIO
Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mt. Vernon, New York
Mark Wolfe, Executive Director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Co-Director of the Center on Energy Policy and Poverty
Paula Glover, President Alliance to Save Energy
Ari Matusiak, President Rewiring America
Scott Libby, Owner Royal River Heat Pumps
Alfonso “Fonze” Martinez, Business Manager of IBEW Local Union 611
WHERE: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C. Specific Room Available Upon RSVP.
LIVESTREAM: Click here for the livestream link. The livestream will also be available on the ENR Democrat’s Instagram, X, and Facebook, at the time of the event.
View Paula's Opening Here
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