WC Monitor
2/6/2015
IN CONGRESS
Lawmakers are set to begin considering the Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2016 budget request next week with separate hearings planned in the House and Senate. On Feb. 11, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz is scheduled to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power beginning at 2:00 p.m. On Feb. 12, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is set to hold a hearing on DOE’s request beginning at 10:00 a.m.
The House Cleanup Caucus is set to hold its first meeting of 2015 next week. The meeting will involve remarks by Co-Chairs Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Ben Lujan (D-N.M.) and acting Assistant Energy Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney, along with remarks from other lawmakers that represent DOE cleanup sites. The meeting is set to be held Feb. 12 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 2226 of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) has been named the vice chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said this week. The committee has not operated with vice chairmen for its subcommittees in recent years, but Thornberry said an unprecedented strategic environment necessitated strengthening the panel’s leadership team. Lamborn has been one of the top lieutenants for Republicans on the Strategic Forces Subcommittee in recent years, helping push the Administration on its nuclear modernization commitments. “This appointment will allow me to serve in a critical leadership role operating at the cutting edge of our missile defense, military space, and energy related national security programs,” Lamborn said in a statement. “I will work hard to protect our nation, ensure that our region continues to be an essential asset to our national security, and will expand the influence of Colorado’s civilian and military defense industries.”
IN DOE
The Department of Energy is planning to provide additional time for companies interested in bidding on the new Portsmouth infrastructure support services contract to prepare and submit proposals. In a notice issued late last week, DOE said it plans to extend the proposal due date to “at least” Feb. 19 in a forthcoming amendment to the Request for Proposals for the new contract. Previously proposals were due by Feb. 5. “The Contracting Officer will issue a formal amendment that extends the proposal submission due date and amends all pertinent sections of the RFP as quickly as possible. We are also diligently working on providing responses to all industry questions. A notice will be posted to the Portsmouth Infrastructure Support Services website when the amendment is released,” the DOE notice says.
IN THE INDUSTRY
Fluor Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategy David Dunning is retiring from Fluor, effective June 1. He will be replaced by Jose L. Martin de Bustamante, who currently serves as senior vice president, Business Development, Marketing & Strategic Planning for Energy & Chemicals, according to a Fluor release. “Dave has been exceptional in this role and is leaving the company with a substantially improved and valuable team that is determined and focused on achieving our strategic objectives,” Fluor Chairman and CEO David Seaton said in the release. “Dave will continue to help our company in a consulting capacity as a member of NuScale Power’s board of directors as well as advising on activities related to Fluor’s recent memorandum of understanding with China National Nuclear Corporation.”
