Versions of the energy bill passed by the House and Senate each include a pilot program to subsidize switching to buses that emit less pollution.
In the past several weeks, both chambers of Congress have been engaged in highly public fisticuffs over the final
version of the energy bill — a brawl that even President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were not able to prevent, despite efforts last week to make peace between the warring Republican chairs of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, who are overseeing negotiations on the tax - related aspects of the energy bill.
Two earlier
versions of the energy bill have also faced opposition and not been passed by the state's General Assembly.
Currently before Congress, the Senate
version of the Energy Bill could authorize the Department of Energy to hand out what the musicians call a «virtual blank check» for funding new nuclear reactors at taxpayer expense.
Not exact matches
On December 2nd, Campbell Soup Company came out against the
bill, saying that, «the current version of Senate Bill 58 would overhaul the current state policy on energy efficiency and renewable energy standards and discourage continued investment in renewable energy in the state:&ra
bill, saying that, «the current
version of Senate
Bill 58 would overhaul the current state policy on energy efficiency and renewable energy standards and discourage continued investment in renewable energy in the state:&ra
Bill 58 would overhaul the current state policy on
energy efficiency and renewable
energy standards and discourage continued investment in renewable
energy in the state:»
* Correction, 11 July, 6:08 p.m.: An earlier
version of this story incorrectly reported that DOE's basic
energy sciences program would see a cut under the House
bill.
«[N] ixing ITER is hardly a done deal: On 1 May, legislators in the House
of Representatives passed their own
version of the
energy and water
bill, [where senators are proposing ITER - related cuts], which includes $ 150 million for the U.S. contribution to ITER — the amount the White House has requested.»
One
version of the Republican
energy bill rejected by Congress last year promised $ 37 billion to coal, oil, and nuclear power over the next 10 years, six times the proposed spending on renewables.
The detailed report that accompanies the Senate
version of the so - called
energy and water
bill, which funds DOE, contains several passages in which Senate appropriators express their objections to cuts in unusually frank language.
The U.S. Senate this afternoon passed its
version of the $ 33.5 billion fiscal year 2010
Energy and Water Appropriations
Bill, sending the bill to the president's d
Bill, sending the
bill to the president's d
bill to the president's desk.
Senate appropriators have not yet written their own
version of the
energy and water spending
bill, and any differences would then have to be reconciled before Congress could act.
That may be a tough sell, as the report that accompanies the House
version of the
energy and water
bill says that ITER «remains the most practical U.S. investment in the fusion
energy sciences.»
The House Committee on Appropriations»
version of the so - called
energy and water
bill for fiscal year 2016, which begins 1 October, would boost spending by 0.6 % for DOE's basic research arm, the Office
of Science, to $ 5.10 billion.
Although there is no equivalent legislation pending in that body, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is putting the finishing touches on a new
version of the America COMPETES Act, a broader
bill to reauthorize programs at NSF and research at the departments
of energy and commerce that could include language on NSF's oversight
of major facilities.
ACEEE has conducted federal policy analysis for numerous
versions of proposed
energy bills and enacted legislation, including the Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992), the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), and the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), among o
energy bills and enacted legislation, including the Federal
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992), the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), and the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), among o
Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (EPAct 1992), the Federal
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), and the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), among o
Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (EPAct 2005), the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), and the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), among o
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (EISA), the American Clean
Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), and the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), among o
Energy and Security Act
of 2009 (ACES), and the American Clean
Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA), among o
Energy Leadership Act
of 2009 (ACELA), among others.
Tell them that you'll willing to commit more than $ 175 / year by 2020 in high
energy prices (the impact
of the House
version of the
bill), and then start talking with everyone you know.
A clean
energy bill may get its moment in the sun as a major piece
of legislation in the Senate, long overdue after the House
version of the
bill passed last summer.
(An earlier
version of this paper was posted in June on the CPD Web - site just prior to the Senate debate
of the
Energy Bill to help inform that debate and for discussion and commentary by interested parties prior to CPD board and membership approval.
The provision was eventually stripped out
of the
bill, and a weaker
version without renewable
energy requirements passed the Senate on Thursday, December 13, 2007 by a margin
of 86 - 8.
Following four years
of unsuccessful attempts to pass an
energy bill, the 109th Congress took up an
energy bill again in 2005, with a House
version passing in April and a Senate
version passing in June.
The
version of House
Bill 760 that passed the House and is now in the Senate freezes North Carolina's Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) at 6 % by eliminating future planned increases to 10 % and 12.5 %, allows energy efficiency to meet 50 % of a utility's REPS requirement instead of 25 %, and decreases the residential cost cap from $ 34 to $ 12 per
Energy and
Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) at 6 % by eliminating future planned increases to 10 % and 12.5 %, allows energy efficiency to meet 50 % of a utility's REPS requirement instead of 25 %, and decreases the residential cost cap from $ 34 to $ 12 per
Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) at 6 % by eliminating future planned increases to 10 % and 12.5 %, allows
energy efficiency to meet 50 % of a utility's REPS requirement instead of 25 %, and decreases the residential cost cap from $ 34 to $ 12 per
energy efficiency to meet 50 %
of a utility's REPS requirement instead
of 25 %, and decreases the residential cost cap from $ 34 to $ 12 per year.
Following four years
of unsuccessful attempts to pass an
energy bill, the 109th Congress took up an
energy bill again in 2005, with a House
version passing in April and a Senate
version passing in...
The current
version of the
bill also revised the
energy efficiency program, giving large industrial
energy users the option
of managing their own programs.
The final
version of Connecticut's new
energy strategy and the
bills that would implement it are before the legislature.
While one
of the co-sponsoring Senators
of Ohio SB 315, Troy Balderson, is a member
of CSG Midwest's
Energy Committee, Ohio politicians aren't part
of the Suggested State Legislature (SSL) committee that vetted the Council's
version of the fracking
bill.
PDF
version: An Overview
of Bill 2: Responsible
Energy Development Act — What are the changes and What are the issues?
A programmable
version that can learn the habits
of the residents in house will let the system use
energy more efficiently, keeping
bills down.