House, Senate Panels Urged to Give Targeted Aid to Clean Energy

Renewable energy backers urged Congress to make the fourth time a charm by ensuring that aid for wind, solar, and energy efficiency lacking in the first three coronavirus recovery packages makes it into the next one.

The pandemic’s deep impact on the U.S. energy sector, which has lost 1.3 million jobs in the economic downturn, was the focus of dueling hearings Tuesday in the House Energy and Commerce and Senate Energy and Natural Resources committees.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate energy panel, said he backs some “targeted investment” to help the broader energy sector—including clean ...