SENATE MARKUP
The United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources met on July 14th to discuss and vote on various bills. The bills ranged from energy policy to public land and water issues. The Mark-Up resulted in the reporting of 23 bills, 17 of which included public land and water bills.
The bills that are of importance to OREC are as follows:
S.1000 “ To promote energy savings in residential and commercial building and industry. Ordered reported, as amended, by an 18-3 vote.”
S.1001 “To reduce oil consumption and improve energy security. Ordered reported as amended, by a 12-10 vote.”
S.____ “An original bill as amended on May 26 to promote the domestic development and deployment of clean energy technology. Ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote.”
The three bills are a step in the right direction for renewable energy and the MHK industry. Being present at the hearing it was hard not to recognize the bipartisanship on the issue of sustaining our environment. For the full list of the 23 bills visit http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=013f7b9b-10a7-41a1-9081-2ec53a07d79e&Month=7&Year=2011&Party=0.