Perry: DOE budget cuts don't mean a 'reduction in results'

Utility Dive: The Department of Energy's proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 includes steep cuts to renewable energy, research and carbon capture programs, but its leader could not find a bad thing to say about those initiatives in his appearance before the Senate Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday.

When Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member on the committee, referenced planned cuts to the DOE's 17 national laboratories around the country, Perry said a reduction in funding would not impact their operations.

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