{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-leads-hearing-strengthening-electricity-delivery-across", "Greg Walden leads hearing on strengthening electricity delivery across America", "2017-07-18", "2017", "2017-07", "Republican", "House", "OR", "Greg Walden", "W000791", "walden.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Greg Walden leads hearing on strengthening electricity delivery across America \n Cites diverse power mix in Oregon as need to maintain security, reliability, and affordability of electricity \nClick here or on the image above to view Walden\u2019s remarks at today\u2019s hearing\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Continuing his efforts to modernize and improve America\u2019s energy infrastructure, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today led a hearing on strengthening electricity delivery across the country. During the hearing, Walden\u00a0highlighted Oregon\u2019s diverse power mix\u00a0and stressed the\u00a0need to maintain the security, reliability, and affordability of electricity delivery.\n\u201cIn my district in Oregon, we receive electricity from just about every source, including coal, natural gas, hydro, solar, and wind. We also receive electricity from cooperatives, public utility districts and municipalities, and investor-owned utilities,\u201d said Walden. \u201cWe have just about everything in Oregon. And in all of these situations, we expect to have power when we flip the switch.\u201d\nToday\u2019s hearing is the first of the Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s recently announced \u201cPowering America\u201d series. The Powering America series provides members of the Energy and Commerce Committee the opportunity to explore electricity markets, learn more about electricity generation, distribution, and consumption, and the resiliency of the electric grid.\u00a0\u00a0\nThe nation\u2019s electricity industry is undergoing a period of transformation due to technological innovation and market competition. At today\u2019s hearing, Walden heard from a variety of industry stakeholders regarding current issues and developments across the electricity sector including efforts to maintain grid reliability, transmission planning, and efforts to ensure electricity markets promote efficient outcomes.\nAs Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Walden has called for a consumer-focused approach to improve and modernize energy infrastructure in Oregon and throughout the country. \u201cAs I\u2019ve said previously, at the end of the day, our goal is to serve the best interests of consumers,\u201d said Walden.\nFor complete background on today\u2019s hearing, please click here.\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-leads-hearing-strengthening-electricity-delivery-across"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9239790961146355, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}