021612 Sen Murkowski Secy Chu hydropower budget requests

Feb 16, 2012, 09:56 AM

021612 Sen Murkowski asks Secretary Chu to attend hearing on USDOE advanced research, and about hydropower funding reduction 66%. Secretary Chu clarifies that continuing funding is for hydrokinetic devices (wave motion, tidal motion), not for mature hydropower industries (run of river generation and hydropower on flood control dams).