The Obama administration has placed into motion the installation of solar power products and 300 megawatts of renewable energy in low-income areas across the United States. In past years, this type of energy was neither affordable nor accessible, but with recent advances in technology, it has been made possible. Using …

Emily Holden, who covered energy and environment policy as a regulatory reporter for CQ Roll Call, has joined the Morning Consult to kick start the digital media company’s energy vertical. Holden is the latest addition to Michael Ramlet‘s fast-growing Morning Consult, which is expanding to deliver comprehensive daily briefings, original …

Rockstar energy reporter, Amy Harder, is leaving National Journal after almost six years to join the Wall Street Journal to cover energy. She will remain based in Washington, D.C. Prior to National Journal, she had stints covering legal journalism and on the cops beat at the Bellingham Herald, a local …

We bet a little yelling yesterday led to this nugget in Playbook today. CORRECTION: We ran an item yesterday about convos between the White House and the Senate about July’s schedule. The item was poorly worded, and was interpreted as suggesting the administration had given the Senate a deadline or …

A few Republicans, according to reports, are going back to a camera-less, mic-less House floor to protest Congress leaving for summer vacation without passing energy legislation. From an email forwarded to FDC: On Monday, August 4th, Republican Members of Congress (who are going to be in DC) will meet on …

From Roll Call’s Heard on the Hill and reported here first. American Idle: The five-bus caravan set to transport Democrats to their retreat in Williamsburg, Va., on Wednesday had some people fuming. The buses sat waiting outside the Longworth House Office Building for more than an hour with their diesel …