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Energy Efficiency Resource Standard

By jimw ⋅ May 14, 2009 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

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The House of Representatives did NOT include EERS in the energy bill that they plan to mark up before the Memorial Day holiday. The good news is that the new draft does include some modest energy efficiency measures (a 5% energy efficiency target is included). For more specifics about this please click here
<http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/13/13greenwire-house-dems-settle-on-15-renewable-energy-targe-12208.html>.

And so, we must now look to the Senate to improve upon this bill and ask them to adopt an Energy Efficiency Resource Standard as part of the final energy bill.

According to the Campaign for an Energy Efficient America a national EERS to reduce electricity demand by 15 percent and natural gas demand by 10 percent by 2020 would result in the following savings if implemented:

• $168 billion in utility bill savings for American consumers and businesses
• 222,000 permanent jobs in construction and other fields
• 390 new power plants not constructed
• A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking 48 million cars off the road in 2020.

Please contact our senators and ask them to please include an Energy Efficiency Resource Standard in the final Energy Bill.

Senator Arlen Specter
The United States Senate
600 Arch Street, Suite 9400
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1617
Phone: 215-597-7200

Senator Robert P. Casey
The United States Senate
2000 Market Street, Suite 1870
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-405-9660

Be sure to check out www.kilowattours.org.

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