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July 11, 2005
Kudos for Senate for passing energy bill
Energy Bill news. The Senate Energy Bill was approved 85-12 by the Senate and it currently moving to a House-Senate conference that aims to combine the Senate bill with the House bill that was passed in April, creating one comprehensive legislative package. Kudos to the following senators for passing amendments that could strengthen our energy security and bring jobs to America:
Sen. Hatch introduced incentives for efficient and alternative fueled vehicles and alternative refueling stations. We encourage the widening of eligibility for these credits to ALL non petroleum fuels approved by the Department of Energy, instead of picking winners.
Sen. Schumer, Cantwell and Lautenberg introduced an amendment requiring the Secretary of Energy to develop and carry out a national tire fuel efficiency program for tires designed for use on passenger cars and light trucks. The program is to include policies and procedures for testing and labeling tires for fuel economy to enable tire buyers to make informed purchasing decisions about the fuel economy of tires. Efficient tires can reduce gasoline consumption by 4%.
Sen. Harkin, Lugar, Obama, Coleman and Bayh introduced an amendment on biomass research and development intead to increase production of biofuels that can run in flexible fuel vehicles.
Sen. Bayh and Obama passed the "Joint Flexible Fuel/Hybrid Commercialization Initiative" directing the Energy Secretary to "establish an applied research program to improve technologies for the commercialization of a combination hybrid/flexible fuel vehicle; or a plug-in hybrid/flexible fuel vehicle" - a multi-fuel car that can run on any combination of alcohol, gasoline, and electricity.
Watch this. One minute video clip: Senators say: plug in for America.
Posted by Martin at July 11, 2005 7:45 PM
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