A victory by Jason Kenney would set the western province on a collision course with Justin Trudeau's federal Liberal government over climate policy and carbon pricing in the run-up to the October national election.
The Massachusetts senator said she would sign an executive order on her first day in office for a "total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases including for drilling offshore and on public lands."
The project is expected to result in wholesale electricity price reductions and also enhance reliability and fuel security within Maine and the ISO-New England region.
The funding program stems from the findings of an interagency task force established in April 2017 to identify regulatory and policy changes to support agriculture in rural communities.
Last week, President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders designed to ease the transport of fossil fuels across the U.S. and beyond.
Iran's oil minister said on April 14 that U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela and tensions in Libya have made the supply-demand balance in the global oil market fragile, and warned of consequences for increasing pressures on Tehran.
The proposed change would allow transfers between meters owned by the same customer, on the same rate schedule, installed on the same or nearby premises as the meter with the excess credits, and served by the same primary feeder.
Venezuela output fall and Iran sanctions tightening market.
The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved 3,991 drilling permits in fiscal 2018, up 38% from 2,887 in 2017, the agency said.
Senators vote 56 to 41 vote for Bernhardt, who replaces Ryan Zinke as the head of the Interior Department.
