GHG Daily
2/2/2016
The sweeping energy package making its way through the Senate this week has earned a nod of approval from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The trade organization sent a letter to the Senate urging adoption of the bill. “America’s energy landscape has changed dramatically since Congress last passed a multi-title energy bill and it is crucial that federal energy policy reflect these changes in order to maximize and prolong the benefits the recent energy renaissance is producing. This bill takes important steps to address many areas of high priority for American businesses, including natural gas exports, efficiency, and infrastructure,” the letter says.
The Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 is hoped to come to a vote by the end of the week. If it passes into law it would be the first update to U.S. energy policy in nearly a decade. The bill is intended to improve the nation’s energy sector in the areas of energy efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accountability, and land conservation.
“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and defending America’s free enterprise system, strongly supports S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015,” the group wrote in the Jan. 29 letter.
