Monday, July 29, 2013

Elevation of Shaheen-Portman Bill Heralds Shift to Small-Bore Energy Legislation

Credit: U.S. Senate
A popular energy efficiency bill, from Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), is modest in its ambition, proponents acknowledge, but it has support from a broad swath of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and interest groups across the industry-environmentalist spectrum, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Supporters hope to see the bill debated in the Senate as soon as this week, and whenever it comes up, they say, it is likely to usher in a series of targeted bills aimed at accomplishing discrete goals that have long awaited congressional action.

Elevation of Shaheen-Portman Bill Heralds Shift to Small-Bore Energy Legislation

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