CONGRESS ADVANCES LEGISLATION PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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April 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Actions yesterday in both the House of Representatives and the Senate advanced proposals to improve energy efficiency policy in the country. In the House, Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) released a “discussion draft” of energy and climate change legislation that contains many energy efficiency provisions. In the Senate, the Energy Committee approved four bills with energy efficiency components, including accepting several strengthening amendments.The House bill, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA), includes a cap and trade system to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, and a variety of energy efficiency provisions including:
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