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Taxpayer Risks with the Loan Guarantee Program

The Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee program carries extremely high taxpayer risk, potentially jeopardizing billions of taxpayer dollars if energy project loans default....

Energy Tax Breaks Catch Ride on Fiscal Cliff Train

At the 11th hour lawmakers and the White House agreed to a deal on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was crafted to address urgent tax...

Oil Shale: Failing Taxpayers for Decades

Since the early 20th century, the federal government and private industry have attempted to commercialize oil shale but after years of...

Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States

With fiscal cliff looming, TCS calls for end to government handouts for failed oil shale experiments....

Loan Guarantee Program 101

A basic primer on the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program and answers general questions on the history, administration, and overall effect of the program....

Coal Subsidy Database

Over the years the coal industry has received billions in federal subsidies, in a variety of forms including direct grants, loan...

Green Scissors Campaign 101

A basic primer on the Green Scissors campaign and answers general questions about the history and goals of the coalition....

Sliding Past Sequestration: $2 Trillion in Common Sense Cuts to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

In the summer of 2011, Congress sent the President a bill that acknowledged failure. Instead of swallowing hard and coming up with...

Not So “Supercritical” Spending

Coal-fired energy production is one of the oldest and most profitable industries in the world. Yet despite decades of success, the well-established coal industry remains on the federal dole. ...

Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees for Liquid Coal: Medicine Bow, Wyoming

(Originally Posted December 2011, Most Recent Update: September 2012) In 2008, Medicine Bow Fuel & Power LLC applied for a $1.7 billion...

Analysis of FY13 Continuing Resolution: Special Carve-outs

H.J. Res. 117 — Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 was released this morning (9/11/2012). TCS staff will be posting relevant documents and analysis as we digest this proposal over the coming days....

DOE Loan Guarantees: Overview, Risks, and More

Created in Title 17 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program has received increased scrutiny with the default of a loan guarantee to the solar start-up company, Solyndra....

Big Oil Makes Top Dollar

The first half of 2012 has brought more multi-billion dollar profits for major oil companies. So far, these companies have raked in more...

Department of Energy Loan Guarantees: $8 Billion Allocated for Fossil Fuel Projects

While the program was intended for emerging energy technologies, mature industries like coal and nuclear are eligible as well. Congress provided the program with funding in several areas including advanced nuclear reactors, renewable and energy efficiency, front-end nuclear fuel cycle technology, and advanced fossil fuels....

Coal Industry Profits

For centuries the federal government has been in the business of providing billions in subsidies to coal companies in order to ensure...

Green Scissors 2012

Left-Right coalition identifies practical steps Congress could take to slash deficits, save natural resources....

MOX Misses the Mark

Despite the ever-increasing price tag, incessant delays in progress, and known safety risks, the Department of Energy continues to pour federal subsidies into the Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) program year after year. ...

Senate Finance Committee Meets to Talk Energy Tax Reform

The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing last week on tax reform and its impacts on energy policy. Among the four witnesses from...

Dept. of Energy Offers USEC $280 Million Handout

In yet another attempt to revive the struggling United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), the Department of Energy (DOE) has offered...

Taylorville Energy Center Pulls Plug on its Coal Project

It appears that one of the top contenders for a loan guarantee under the Department of Energy program has decided to abandon original...

Department of Energy Loan Guarantees: Uranium Enrichment

The Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program was created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide Treasury backed loan...

House Committee Discusses Nuclear Safety and Spending

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met Wednesday to discuss the FY2013 Office of Nuclear Energy budget...

Big Oil Tops $150 Billion in Profits in 2011

With annual financial reports being released this time of year, the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of...

Oil Profits Stay High; Needless Subsidies Continue

It appears the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of record profits. As of February 2nd, Chevron, Exxon...

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Too Costly for Taxpayers

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also referred to as carbon capture and sequestration, is the process of separating carbon dioxide (CO2)...

The Department of Energy FutureGen Initiative

The latest iteration of the Department of Energy’s FutureGen project (find a timeline here) is a federal initiative to finance and...

DOE Renewable and Energy Efficiency Loan Guarantees

The Department of Energy loan guarantee program that backed Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer which went bankrupt on August 31, 2011...

Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees for Liquid Coal: Medicine Bow, Wyoming

The Medicine Bow plant has been repeatedly delayed over eight years. Putting the full faith and credit of the U.S. government behind this costly and risky project is fiscally reckless. ...

FutureGen Project Timeline

FutureGen Project Timeline • February 2003: Bush Administration announces initiative to develop zero-emissions “clean coal” power plant....

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support

Taxpayers for Common Sense today released a report detailing the heavily subsidized biofuels industry's political clout. The biofuels...

Big Oil, Big Profits

Another quarter, another unsurprising set of reports of huge profits for the oil companies. Continuing to be some of the most profitable...

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: Uranium Enrichment

The Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program was created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide Treasury backed loan...

Action Alert: Senate Set to Vote on Ethanol Amendment

It is time to end the wasteful tradition of subsidizing the corn ethanol industry. Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a diverse coalition of...

TCS Comments on OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease...

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: Update on Loan Guarantee Applicants

Passed as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program has $34 billion in...

Department of Energy: Loan Guarantee Program Overview

Created in Title 17 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program has received increased scrutiny with the default of a loan guarantee to the solar start-up company, Solyndra....

Common Sense Cuts

Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $1.2-1.5...

Super Cuts for the Super Committee

Taxpayers for Common Sense has been working hard to meet the challenge of that the so-called Super Committee is facing - $.12-1.5...

Green Scissors 2011

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined environmental, consumer watchdog, and free-market groups today to release Green Scissors 2011, which...

Myth v. Fact: Oil and Gas Companies’ Effective Tax Rate

Oil and gas companies have complained that they pay an effective tax rate of 41%....

Another Report Points to Taxpayers Losing Billions On Risky DOE Loan Guarantees

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a report on federal loan guarantees for nuclear power plants, which seriously...

Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit

Big Oil, Big Corn: An in-depth look at the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Corn has been subsidized since the 1930s, but it was...

No Deal on Ethanol for Taxpayers

A small group Senators are attempting to snatch fiscal defeat from the jaws of taxpayer victory on ethanol subsidies. Last month the...

$14 Trillion U.S. Debt Leaves No Room for Treasury-Backed Loan Guarantees for Energy Projects

WASHINGTON, D.C.///June 1, 2011///With Congress poised to move forward on more taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for nuclear, wind, solar,...

Subsidy Gusher

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) released “Subsidy Gusher: Taxpayers Stuck with Massive Subsidies while Oil and...

The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit: History and Current Policy

The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) is the largest subsidy to corn ethanol, the most common biofuel in the U.S. The tax...

The President’s FY2012 Proposed Cuts to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

In keeping with President Obama’s call to end fossil fuel subsidies, the latest budget proposal includes several significant cuts to oil,...

Common Sense Cuts—$900 billion in savings over 10 years

The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Energy

Energy Total Cuts: $42 billion Taxpayers have been subsidizing the same mature, polluting energy technologies for decades. Many...

TCS Recommended Budget Cut List No. 2: Total Cuts $205+ billion

The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...

TCS reaction to Sen. Manchin (D-WV) Statement on Coal Subsidies

We all know that lawmakers are allowed the occasional stretching of the truth, but at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources...

TCS Recommended Budget Cuts for the 112th Congress

The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...

Fair Market Value for Wind and Solar Development on Public Land

A review and analysis of the laws and regulations governing the collection and use of revenues from commercial energy development on federal lands and is a guide for policy-makers to use in developing appropriate policies for wind and solar energy projects....

Common Sense Reforms for the 112th Congress

As the dawn of the 112th Congress draws near, there are several reforms Congress should enact, regardless of which party is in control....

Solar Development Train Leaving the Station, Without Congress

Congress’ failure to make any progress on energy policy this session is costing taxpayers....

Green Scissors 2010

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a number of environmental and consumer groups and a bipartisan slate of Representatives today in...

Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Energy and Water Bill—Includes $17 billion in Risky Loan Guarantee

On July 22, the Senate Committee on Appropriations passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. The $34.97 billion bill...

Taxpayer Victory—Senate Strips Energy Loan Guarantees from Emergency Spending Bill

Late yesterday the Senate rejected the House passed Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which included $18 billion in new loan...

New Report Finds DOE Loan Guarantee Program Riddled with Problems

 The Government Accountability Office released a new report today, finding that the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program...

Another Loan Guarantee Putting Taxpayer Dollars at Risk

On Wednesday, AREVA, a French nuclear power conglomerate, accepted a Department of Energy conditional loan guarantee of $2 billion for...

Federal Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Reactors: Details of the Current Applicants

On February 16, 2010, the Department of Energy offered the first conditional nuclear loan guarantee of $8.3 billion to Southern Company...

Fool Me Once–Energy Legislation Should Include Royalty System for Wind and Solar Projects on Taxpayer Lands

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has refocused Congress’ attention on energy and climate legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...

Oil and Gas Industry: A Decade of Record Breaking Profits

Big Oil has made Big Money over the last decade. In fact, the last five years proved to be some of the most profitable for any U.S....

Senate Climate Bill Loads up Taxpayer Giveaways

Today Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) will release their long awaited climate legislation, the American Power Act....

Energy Department Wants $9 Billion More in Taxpayer-Backed Nuclear Loan Guarantees

Yesterday at a Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Energy Secretary Chu said an additional $9 BILLION in...

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Discusses Funding for Different Energy Sectors

On March 17th, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development donned green ties for St. Patrick’s Day and met to...

Details on the President’s Proposed Fossil Fuel Cuts

In keeping with President Obama’s call to end fossil fuel subsidies, the latest budget proposal includes several significant cuts to oil,...

Secretary Salazar Reiterates ‘Taxpayers Must Receive Fair Return’ for Our Natural Resources

Analysis of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Full Committee Hearing March 3, 2010 In early March, the Senate Energy Natural...

The Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: History and Taxpayer Risk

Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program to provide loan guarantees for...

Senate Energy Panel Discusses Presidentﾒs Proposed Budget Cuts, Increases

On February 4th, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee held a hearing on the President’s FY2011 Department of Energy...

Top Nuclear Loan Guarantee Contenders in Financial Shambles

  ***Originally Posted January 29, 2010***  The Department of Energy announced in December 2009 that they would soon issue Treasury-backed...

FY2011 Budget Request: Department of Energy Request

The Presidents fiscal year 2011 (FY2011) budget request includes a $28.4 billion discretionary budget for the Department of Energy (DOE)....

FY2011 Budget Request: President Terminates Yucca Mountain, Increases Funding for Other Nuclear Projects

The President’s budget ends funding for the Yucca Mountain project, which was intended to be a permanent nuclear waste disposal site....

FY2011 Budget Request: Administration Triples Risky Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Reactors

The President’s FY2011 budget proposal triples funding to the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program.  This includes $36 billion in...

FY2011 Budget Request: President Expands Cuts to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Similar to last year’s budget request, the Fiscal year 2011 budget request eliminates several longstanding oil and gas subsidies.  TCS is...

Congressional Budget Office Analysis Confirms Senate CEDA Jeopardizes Billions of Taxpayer Dollars

The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), S. 1462, as approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in...

Senate Version of The Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA)

Both the House and Senate have proposed the creation of the new federal financing entity known as the Clean Energy Deployment...

Coal to Liquids: A Costly Gamble

Discovered by German scientists during World War II, the Fischer-Tropsch process – referred to by the Department of Energy as...

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program

What are federal loan guarantees? Federal loan guarantees allow borrowers to receive a loan from an independent or federal lender with the...

The Amazing Waste: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding

Despite being expensive, inefficient, and ineffective, hydrogen fuel cell technologies have received more than $1.4 billion in federal...

Oil and Gas Royalties: Relief for Oil and Gas Companies, a Fiscal Headache for Taxpayers

Oil and gas companies that drill offshore or on public lands are required to pay for the oil and gas they remove in the form of royalties. However, because of out-dated energy policy and mismanagement of royalty collection, oil and gas companies often pay little to no royalties to the owners of the resources—U.S. taxpayers. At a time when oil companies have experienced five years of record profits, there is no need to subsidize the industry with royalty holidays. With prices at more than $80/barrel, and predicted to increase, the industry has ample incentive to produce more oil without taxpayer subsidies. ...

Department of Energy Loan Program

What are federal loan guarantees? Federal loan guarantees allow borrowers to receive a loan from an independent or federal lender with...

UPDATE: The President’s 2010 Budget: Reining in Oil and Gas Subsidies

The president’s fiscal year 2010 budget repeals several long-standing oil and gas subsidies, saving an estimated $31.7 billion over the next ten years.i In addition, general tax and subsidy reforms will save $108.5 billion, largely from subsidies that benefit the oil and gas industries. For nearly a century, taxpayers have provided billions of dollars in subsidies to the oil and gas industry, this proposal takes the first step toward reining in decades of giveaways....

Nuclear Power Subsidies

Since the nation began using nuclear energy, the federal government has provided billions in subsidies to the industry. More than $85...

Taxpayers at Risk: Expansion of Nuclear Loan Guarantees Could Cost Billions

This fall, Congress is poised to consider an energy financing entity that would allow for the distribution of extensive loan guarantees and...

House Committee on Science and Technology Hearing on Advancing Technology for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing

Last month, the House Committee on Science and Technology held a hearing on nuclear fuel reprocessing. The hearing covered a range of...

DOE Halts Plan for Commercial Reprocessing:  Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Shelved

The Obama Administration has put the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) on hold until further notice. GNEP, an international...

Oil and Gas Industry Profits

Another Huge Year Exxon Mobil likes breaking records. In 2007, it posted the biggest annual profit number reported by any American...

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program 2009 Briefer

Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program to provide loan guarantees for...

Coal: A Long History of Subsidies

Subsidies to the coal industry began in 1932, when the federal government allowed companies to deduct a portion of their income to help...

TCS Fact Sheet: Coal Industry Profits

In 1932, the federal government began giving subsidies to the coal industry in order to help the industry recover initial capital...

Ethanol Subsidies: Too Much for Too Little

Through a combination of subsidies, trade restrictions, and government mandates a handful of corporate agribusinesses and oil companies...

The President’s Energy Budget

The President’s budget released last week includes $ 26.3 billion for the Department of Energy, a $2.1 billion increase over 2008 and...

TCS Presents: Loan Guarantees and You

  Today TCS explained the basics of the Department of Energy's loan guarantees program at an Institute for Energy and Environmental...

Joint Letter on DOE Loan Guarantee Plan

On behalf of our combined memberships, we urge you to ensure the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program is not granted...

Nuclear Subsidies Past and Present

Since the beginning of nuclear energy the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the industry. More than $85 billion has...

Analysis of Energy Tax Provisions Included in the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

The following is a summary of the non-consumer energy tax breaks included in H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008....

Oil and Gas Subsidies: Overview

Taxpayer subsidies to the oil and gas industry have played a major role in U.S. energy policy since 1916. Two of the largest tax breaks,...

Nuclear Reprocessing

Nuclear fuel reprocessing is the process of collecting nuclear waste to recover and reuse plutonium and uranium. Despite decades of...

Oil and Gas Companies Continue Receiving Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies while Reaping Record Profits

As was the case for much of the last decade, profits for major oil and gas companies continue to skyrocket.  Exxon brought in over $14...

Coal-to-Liquid Earmarks DOD Appropriations

Today the House passed a Continuing Resolution and a minibus that included the final FY09 Defense spending bill, which had 6 earmarks for...

Official TCS Comments on Oil Shale Management - Proposed Rule

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule for Oil Shale Management. Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is a non-partisan...

FY2009 Appropriations Bills: TCS Analyses and Earmark Databases

The following are links to TCS's analysis and database for each of the FY09 appropriations bills. (Note: With the exception of House...

Royalty-in-Kind:  A Costly Complication

Under intense pressure from the oil and natural gas industry, the Minerals Management Service (MMS)1 started the Royalty-in-Kind (RIK)...

Clean Coal Projects: Cleaning Out the Pockets of Taxpayers

Since the late 1970’s, the federal government has funneled billions of dollars into “Clean Coal” technology and programs designed to make...

House Amps Up Energy Loan Guarantees

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program to grant loan guarantees for innovative...

Oil and Gas Subsidies, Profits and Production: Colorado and Across the Nation

This is the first in a series of state specific analyses Taxpayers for Common Sense is completing on energy industry subsidies, profits and...

Energy Campaign Overview

TCS fights to keep unnecessary subsidies, loopholes and tax breaks out of America's energy policy For more than a decade, TCS has led the...

TCS Agriculture Program

Taxpayers for Common Sense works with a broad range of groups to enact significant farm policy reform. With the farm bill up for...

Coal Subsidies: Energy Policy Act of 2005

The coal industry received more than $9 billion in loans, research funds, tax breaks and other subsidies in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. ...

President Supports Controversial Loan Guarantee Program

The administration’s 2009 budget for the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program requests $38.5 billion in loan guarantee...

Golden Fleece Award

From surfing subsidies to the Great Wall of Bedford, Indiana, Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire’s Golden Fleece Award protected...

Nuclear Subsidies General Fact Sheet

Since the beginning of nuclear energy the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the industry. Nuclear power has received...

Maintain Congressional Oversight and Stringent Budget Cap on DOE Loan Guarantee Program

Dear Representative, On behalf of our combined memberships, we urge you to support stringent budget caps on the Department of Energy...

Examples of Federal Government Loan Guarantee Failures

Increasing reliance has been placed on federal government-backed private loan guarantees as a vehicle to fund private business enterprise....

Oppose Blank Check Loan Guarantees in Final Energy Bill

Dear Senator,  We urge you to oppose the inclusion of language in the final energy bill exempting the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan...

End Unnecessary Handouts to Big Oil

Dear Senator: We are writing to urge you to vote for the Wyden-Sununu Amendment to the energy bill currently being debated by the Senate....

Take a Bite Out of Oil and Gas Giveaways

Dear Natural Resources Committee Member: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action urges you to oppose amendments to weaken key provisions in...

Oral Testimony Royalties at Risk Hearing before House Natural Resources Committee

  Good morning Chairman Rahall and distinguished members of the committee.  Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.  My name is...

Written Testimony Royalties at Risk Hearing before House Natural Resources Committee

  Good morning Chairman Rahall and members of the committee.  Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.  My name is Ryan Alexander...

Analysis HR6 - Energy Policy Act of 2003

The current 768 page, 5 inch thick energy legislation is fueled by pork and will do very little to reduce energy prices or increase...

Protect Federal Taxpayers from Billions in Lost Revenue from the Oil and Gas Industry

Dear Senator,   Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan budget watchdog organization, urges you to oppose S....

Protect Federal Taxpayers from Billions in Lost Revenue from the Oil and Gas Industry: Oppose the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act

Dear Representative,  Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan budget watchdog organization, urges you to oppose H.R....

Support funding cuts for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

The U.S. Senate 724 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action strongly urges...

Cut Subsidies for Big Oil: Support the Sanders-Hinchey Amendment to H.R. 5522, the FY 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

Dear Representative:   On behalf of the Green Scissors campaign, a coalition of environmental, taxpayer and consumer groups, we urge you...

Preserve Language to End Royalty Relief for Oil and Gas Industry in Interior Appropriations Bill

Dear Representative,   Taxpayers for Common Sense urges you to support language added to the House Interior Appropriations Bill by...

‘Relief’ for Oil and Gas A Fiscal Headache for Taxpayers

“Now, we don’t think oil companies need tax incentives or subsidies to drill for oil at $70 a barrel, or for that matter at $25.”  Wall...

Oil and Gas Royalty Relief Fact Sheet

“Relief” for Oil and Gas A Fiscal Headache for Taxpayers “Now, we don’t think oil companies need tax incentives or subsidies to drill...

Oppose Energy Bill II-Gasoline for Americaﾒs Security Act

Oppose the $5 Billion "Energy Bill II" The ink has hardly dried on the bloated federal energy bill (Energy Policy Act of 2005), and yet...

Top Ten Worst 2005 Energy Bill

The 10 worst provisions of the 2005 Energy Bill.  To read the fact sheet, click here.

Administration Veto Slump Continues

Washington, D.C. – The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the President signing...

Give Taxpayers a Break!

Dear Energy Bill Conferee, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action, a non-partisan budget watchdog group, urges you to omit the Senate-passed...

Thank You for Keeping Uranium Subsidies Out of the Energy Bill

Dear Energy Bill Conferee, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action, a non-partisan budget watchdog group, thanks you for keeping the $30...

Senate Passes Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement from Steve Ellis, Vice President for Programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the...

Oppose Subsidizing Chinese Nuclear Plants with U.S. Tax Dollars

Dear Representative:   We urge you to support the Sanders-Rohrabacher-Tim Ryan-Paul-Kucinich amendment to H.R. 3057, the FY 2006 Foreign...

Oppose the Domenici/Landrieu Amendment to Rip Off Rest of Country for Few States

Dear Senator,     We urge you to oppose the amendment by Senators Pete Domenici, Mary Landrieu, and others to divert $1 billion in federal...

Oppose the Energy Bill Boondoggle

Dear Senator: On behalf of our members, the undersigned groups urge you to oppose the Energy Policy Act of 2005. We strongly believe...

Nuclear Subsidies in 2005 Energy Bill

Energy Bill December 2007 For more than a half century the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the nuclear power...

Oppose the ‘Powered by Pork’ Energy Policy Act of 2005

Dear Representative, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan budget watchdog group, strongly opposes H.R. 6, the...

Demonstrate Your Commitment to Fiscal Responsibility: Oppose H.R. 6

May 13, 2005 Dear Senator, Last month, the House of Representatives passed a $92-billion piece of legislation full of subsidies, tax...

House Passes Energy Bill

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on final passage of H.R....

TCS Statement on the Energy Bill

Washington, D.C - The following is a prepared statement by Keith Ashdown, Vice-President of Policy at Taxpayers for Common Sense on H.R....

Stop Oil and Gas Royalty Holiday in the Gulf of Mexico; Support the Grijalva Amendment to Strike Section 2005

Dear Representative, We urge you to support the Grijalva amendment to strike Section 2005 from H.R. 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2005,...

Stop MTBE Producers from Passing the Buck: Support the Capps Amendment to Strike MTBE Transition Assistance and Safe Harbor

Dear Representative, We urge you to support the amendments by Representative Capps to strike “safe harbor” and transition assistance for...

End the 25-Year-Old Synfuels Scam: Support the Doggett Amendment

Dear Representative, We urge you to support the Doggett amendment to the tax portion of the energy bill, which would end the decades-old...

Energy Policy: Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress

This report discusses the 109th Congress legislative proposals on issues concerning Ethanol and MTBE Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...

Agriculture-Based Renewable Energy Production

This report gives brief background information on agriculture-based renewable energy sources as well as describes the economic and energy...

Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation

PDF Description: CRS report on the background and analysis of The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Other Non-Tax Energy, Production...

Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation and Electricity Conservation Issues

This report presents an analysis of energy efficiency goals and standards as presented by the DOE. It also includes information on DOE...

World Oil Demand and the Effect on Oil Prices

World Oil Demand and the Effect on Oil Prices

Missed Opportunity on Energy & Water Spending Bill; House Pads Corps Water Budget

Washington, D.C. – The following is a prepared statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the House Energy &...

TCS Statement on House Energy Bill Debate

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the energy bill...

Stop Attempts to Resurrect Dead Energy Bill: Oppose H.R. 4503

Dear Representative:   Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a nonpartisan, budget watchdog group, opposes H.R. 4503, the Energy...

TCS Statement on Efforts to Add Energy Amendments to Internet Tax Non-discrimination Act of 2003

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national budget...

Statement on Introduction of Legislation to Curb Section 29 Abuses

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Aileen Roder, Program Director at Taxpayers for Common Sense on introduction of...

Statement on S. 2095

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Aileen Roder, Program Director at Taxpayers for Common Sense on S. 2095: Much...

A Total Rip-off: Taxpayer Dollars Wasted on the Energy Sector

Nuclear energy, once widely hailed as ‘too cheap to meter,” has become one of the most expensive sources of electricity, due to the high...

Energy Bill Industry by Industry Cost Breakdown

Taxpayers for Common Sense Analysis of H.R. 6 by Energy Type or...

Analysis of Authorized Spending in Energy Bill (2003)

Taxpayers for Common Sense Analysis of Authorized Spending in Energy Bill Report (H.R. 6) Click Here to read this analysis.

Wyden-Sununu Endorsements

Title IV, Subtitle B of S. 14 provides federal loan guarantees to build six new nuclear power plants at an estimated cost of $14 to $16...

A Costly Deal on the Energy Bill

CATEGORY: ENERGY & MEDIA TAGS: statement, Jill Lancelot, energy bill, Senate, tax breaks, energy subsidies TITLE: A Costly Deal on the...

Senate Votes to Increase Corporate Welfare for the Nuclear Industry

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the Senate decision to...

Analysis of Senate Energy Bill of 2003

PDF Description: As the Senate brings their energy policy legislation to the floor this week, it is clear that their bill is as filled with...

GAO to Audit Bonneville Power

Washington, D.C. - The General Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, has alerted the Bonneville Power Administration...

Analysis Finds House Energy Bill Fueled By Pork

Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today passed a new energy bill loaded with billions of special interest provisions and...

Oppose the Energy Policy Act of 2003

Dear Representative, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan, budget watchdog group, strongly opposes the "Energy...

TCS Action Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee

Dear Energy and Commerce Committee Member, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan, budget watchdog group, strongly...

Oppose Tax Break for Alaska Natural Gas in Energy Bill

 Dear Finance Committee Member: Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action), a non-partisan budget watchdog group, has major concerns...

Analysis of H.R. 6 ﾖ Energy Policy Act of 2003

PDF Description: The current 768 page, 5 inch thick energy legislation is fueled by pork and will do very little to reduce energy prices or...

Closer Scrutiny of BPA Finances Needed

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Autumn Hanna, Senior Policy Analyst at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national...

Cost Overruns, Unanswered Scientific Questions Plague Yucca Project

Washington, D.C. - Statement by Jill Lancelot, Legislative Director at Taxpayers for Common Sense for the May 7th YuccaMountain Press...

Energy Polluter Poised to Reap $62 Billion in Taxpayer Handouts

WASHINGTON, DC-Government subsidies to oil, coal and nuclear power industries could double if the Senate passes the House energy bill (H.R....

Bonneville Power Shortchanging Taxpayers

Using a controversial interpretation of a federal repayment credit provided to Bonneville Power to restore endangered salmon, the...

Billions in Energy Subsidies, Tax Breaks Approved by House

  Investigation Reveals Weaknesses in Federal Firefighting Funding for Wildfire Management Could be Wasted, Misused, Says...

Billions for Big Business in House Energy Plan

Washington, D.C. - An energy bill about to be debated in Congress would do nothing to solve America's energy woes and would dish out more...

Statement on defeat of the Auburn Dam for the fifth time in a decade

Last night Congress struck down the $2.5 Auburn Dam project for the fifth time in a decade through a major bi-partisan effort. The Auburn...

Army Corps of Engineers Reform and Community Relations Improvement Act of 2001

Taxpayers for Common Sense would like to applaud Congressman Tancredo for his leadership and defense of taxpayers in introducing this bill...

EPA Letter to California Governor Gray Davis on ethanol

Letter from EPA Administrator Whitman to California Governor denying their request for a waiver from the oxygen content requirement of the...

Analysis of Bush Administrationﾒs energy task force report

Analysis of Bush Administration’s energy task force report released on May 17, 2001, by Cena Swisher, Program Director. Taxpayers for...

Energy Bill Doles Out Billions to Companies with Record Profits

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Energy Secretary Richardson Saves Taxpayers $5 Billion: Supports DOE Tritium Decision and Oppose Pork Barrel Opponents

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Oil and Gas Subsidies Overview

Subsidies for oil and natural gas began in 1916 with the federal government creating its first tax breaks for oil and gas production....

Nuclear Subsidies Overview

There is a long tradition of providing massive subsidies for nuclear power in the U.S. Between 1948 and 1998; more than $66 billion was...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...