... including a member of the panel who complained that the group didn't study whether global warming is a threat. The Joint Energy Committee is expected to hold a hearing with the commission's critics next week.

... bill that would require all diesel fuel sold in the state to contain 5 percent biodiesel was to go before the Joint Energy Committee. The bill's backers cited a recent study by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock that found a B5 standard ...

... sold at public retail facilities in Arkansas to contain a 5 percent biodiesel blend hit a roadblock before the Joint Energy Committee and Rogers eventually referred it to interim study. Sen. Gilbert Baker's bill to impose a one-year moratorium ...

... legislation on power outages that a House panel is expected to take up sometime this week. His measure would direct the Joint Energy Committee to study the power outages and figure out what can be done, short-term and long-term, in the future. It ...

... on crime. The House also approved a resolution by Rep. Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock, to have the joint Energy Committee study the recent power outages and search for solutions. The chamber rejected legislation to require the governor ...