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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 271
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-150
21ST CENTURY ENERGY WORKFORCE ACT OF 2019
OCTOBER 24, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2334]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 2334) to require the Secretary of Energy to es-
tablish the 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 2334 is to require the Secretary of Energy (Sec-
retary) to establish the 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory
Board.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (2017 employ-
ment report) found that energy and energy efficiency industries in
the U.S. employed 6.4 million Americans in 2016. A later industry
report led by the National Association of State Energy Officials and
the Energy Futures Initiative, using the same methodology, found
that that figure had increased to 6.7 million jobs by the end of
2018.
The 2017 employment report found that 73 percent of energy-re-
lated employers reported difficulty hiring qualified workers over
the last 12 months, and that 26 percent found it was very difficult.
As the energy sector grows increasing more diverse, a wider variety
of technical qualifications and skillsets will be required.
The Department of Energy's (DOE or Department) second in-
stallment of the Quadrennial Energy Review, Transforming the
Nation's Electricity System, found that workforce retirement is a
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