Only one of the Senate Democratic negotiators, Sen. Max Baucus Max Sieben BaucusBottom line Bottom line The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - George Floyd's death sparks protests, National Guard activation MORE (Mont.), voted in favor of a failed amendment in March to include Keystone in that chamber’s bill. Baucus has signaled through aides that he’s unlikely to insist on the provision in the final agreement.



The Keystone pipeline would carry Canadian oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Gulf Coast.



The president rejected a cross-border permit for the project in January. But he said the decision was not based on Keystone’s merits, but on a 60-day, GOP-backed deadline included in legislation to extend the payroll tax cut.





ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Keystone developer TransCanada recently re-applied for the cross-border permit.On Thursday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will meet to examine legislation requiring a large portion of the country’s electricity be generated from low-carbon energy sources like wind, solar and nuclear power.David Sandalow, under secretary of energy at the Energy Department, and Howard Gruenspecht, acting head of the Energy Information Administration, will testify on the legislation, which was authored by committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.).There are several other energy-related hearings on Capitol Hill this week.The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a field hearing Monday in Colorado titled, “Logs in the Road: Eliminating Federal Red Tape and Excessive Litigation to Create Healthy Forests, Jobs and Abundant Water and Power Supplies.”On Wednesday, a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee panel will hold a hearing on corporate environmental responsibility. Later Wednesday, a Senate Appropriations Committee panel will examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal 2013 budget request. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will testify at the hearing.

In addition, a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee panel will hold a hearing Wednesday and the Energy Department loan program that backed Solyndra, the failed solar energy company.

Off Capitol Hill, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss various reforms that came about in the aftermath of the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant.



David Matthews, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s director of New Reactor Licensing, will participate in an event hosted by the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council on Monday.



Also Monday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and other top Obama administration officials will speak at a technology summit at American University.





The American Petroleum Institute is hosting an event Tuesday on energy policy and election-year politics. Former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Jim Connaughton, former chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, will speak at the event.Former Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) will participate in an event on transportation and gas prices Tuesday sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association and Building America’s Future.On Wednesday, Rep.(D-Vt.) and Sen.(D-Va.) will speak at on energy efficiency at an event hosted by the Alliance to Save Energy.