WEIL Letter 2012
Governor Gregoire, WGA Chair
Western Electric Industry Leaders
January 24, 2012
Transmission planning, siting and permitting
Letters/Testimony
Transmission planning, siting and permitting
Western governors urge families to take it outside
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Headwaters News Op-Ed
January 12, 2012
Western governors urge families to take it outside
CFLRP Letter
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
November 16, 2011
Support for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
WEIL Group Letter 2011
Pam Inmann, WGA Executive Director
Western Electricity Leaders Group
September 1, 2011
Permitting new transmission projects
Reform of federal land management
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
House and Senate Natural Resources Committee Leadership
November 3, 2011
Reform the management processes and policies on our federal public lands
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
WGA, CSG-WEST, WIR and WMA
Senate and House Leadership
September 28, 2011
Support for reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
Sec Chu letter on FERC delegation
Pam Inmann, WGA Executive Director
DOE Secretary Chu
September 8, 2011
Delegation of authority under Section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
JPSS Satellite Funding
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee leadership
July 29, 2011
Support for funding for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program
NOAA Fire Weather Letter
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, NOAA
June 27, 2011
Funding for DOE EM Program
Forest Planning Rule Response
Cohesive Wildfire Srategy Letter
Gov. Otter, WGA Chair; Gov. Gregoire, Vice Chair and Gov. Hickenlooper, Forest Health Co-lead Governor
USDA Secretary Vilsack and Interior Secretary Salazar
March 22, 2011
Forest Restoration Funding
Gov. Otter, WGA Chair; Gov. Gregoire, Vice Chair and Gov. Hickenlooper, Forest Health Co-lead Governor
House and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairmen & Ranking Members
March 9, 2011
OSM Stream Protection Rule Letter
Letter to Secretary Vilsack on planning Rule
Water transfers letter to EPA
Lead Governors for water (Govs. Otter, Richardson, Rounds and Ritter)
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
November 4, 2010
electric vehicles letters 10-11-10
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Congressional Leadership and Congressional Committee Leadership
October 11, 2010
Support for electric vehicles and infrastructure
WGWC Letter on America's Great Outdoors
Chair and Vice Chair of Western Governors Wildlife Council
Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture
October 7, 2010
America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
Browner letter bioenergy 8-10-10
WGA Chair & Vice Chair
Carol Browner, Climate Change and Energy Advisor to the President
August 10, 2010
USDA Bioenergy letter July 29, 2010
Co-chairs of WGA Transportation Fuels Council
Sarah Bittleman, USDA
July 29, 2010
Nuclear Loan Guarantees
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Congressional Appropriations Subcommitteeson Energy and Water
July 29, 2010
BRC Testimony July 7, 2010
Jim Williams, Program Manager for the Western Interstate Energy Board's High-Level Waste Committee on behalf of WGA
Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, Disposal Subcommittee
July 7, 2010
Policies and Processes for Implementing a National SNF/HLW Strategy
biomass6-9-10
WGA, CONEG, MGA, SSEB and WSU
Leadership of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
June 9, 2010
Support for authorization of the National Bioenergy Partnership
EPA letter on WRAP Funding
WGA Chair & Vice Chair
Administrator Jackson, EPA
May 26, 2010
Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Secretary Chu, DOE
May 24, 2010
Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future
CEQ Letter on Climate Adaptation
WGA Executive Director
Nancy Sutley, Chair of Council on Environmental Quality
May 21, 2010
Comments on CEQ Climate Adaptation Progress Report
Climate adaptation letter to USDA, DOI & DoC
WGA Lead Governors for Climate Adaptation (Schwarzenegger and Richardson)
Secretaries of USDA, DOI and Commerce
April 28, 2010
Need for State Federal Coordination of Climate Adaptation Policy
Indian Water Rights Funding Letter to Congress
WGA Lead Governors for Water (Otter, Rounds, Richardson and Ritter)
Congressional Appropriations Committees
March 18, 2010
Letter to Sec. Salazar on Revenue Sharing
WGA and National Association of Counties
Secretary Ken Salazar, Department of the Interior
March 18, 2010
Coal Combustion Byproducts
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
President Obama and EPA Administrator Jackson
March 5, 2010
Regulation of Coal Combustion Byproducts
CNG Letter to Conrgess
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
U.S. House and Senate Leaders
February 11, 2010
Support for legislation to create and enhance incentives for natural gas vehicles and infrastructure
Secure Rural Schools12-27-10
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Secretaries Vilsack, Salazar, Duncan and Napolitano
January 27, 2010
Support for Secure Rural School Act
Letter to Congressional Forest Health Caucus (12/11/09)
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Congressional Forest Health Caucus
December 11, 2009
Letter to Sec. Salazar & Vilsack on Forest Health (12/11/09)
WGA Chair and Vice Chair
Secretaries Vilsack and Salazar
December 11, 2009
Letter to Sec. Salazar & Vilsack on Forest Health (12/11/09)