{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-discusses-energy-transition-at-lppc-thought-leadership-event", "Sen. Cramer Discusses Energy Transition at LPPC Thought Leadership Event", "2023-12-05", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "www.cramer.senate.gov", "cramer", "https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, was the keynote speaker at the Large Public Power Council (LPPC) Thought Leadership event. He was invited to discuss the practical implications of an energy transition, particularly on the resilience, affordability, and reliability of the grid.\n\nSenator Cramer has utilized his experience as a former North Dakota utility regulator as Congress debates permitting and transmission reforms. Founded in 1987, the LPPC encompasses 28 of the nation's largest locally owned and controlled, not-for-profit power systems and serves roughly 30.5 million American electricity consumers.\n\n\u201cWhether you are an investor-owned utility or a public power provider, you have to report to your consumers. There\u2019s a responsibility to deliver reliable, affordable electricity. I get concerned when people put the generation before transmission or even the demand,\u201d said Senator Cramer. \u201cIf you\u2019re on the monkey bars, you can\u2019t let go of the rung you\u2019re on while reaching for the next. Too often, policymakers rush to what looks good to the public, but they are extreme utopias not based in reality. An energy transition must be done responsibly, prioritizing reliability and affordability, but there can be wins for both sides of pendulum.\u201d\n\nSenator Cramer is engaged in ongoing debates surrounding legislative and administrative proposals to overhaul transmission policy. In September, he wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding its ongoing rulemakings on transmission planning, cost allocation, and federal backstop siting authority.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-discusses-energy-transition-at-lppc-thought-leadership-event"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4840317890048027, "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"}