| - The
United States Senate has just begun consideration of the Energy Policy Act of
2003 (S.
14).
- This
legislation is expected to help create jobs, increase energy conservation, expand
production of current energy sources and develop more clean and renewable energies
for the future.
-
Please urge your senators to pass the Energy Policy Act of 2003!
The
Senate Committees have just sent the Energy Policy Act of 2003 (S. 14) to the
Senate floor. This bipartisan comprehensive energy bill contains 11 titles which
diversify America's energy portfolio, ensuring clean, affordable and reliable
energy for decades to come. S.
597, the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003, will be amended into S.
14 during floor action. The outcome of Senate floor debate will impact every
energy consumer and business in the United States.
| Highlights
of The Energy Policy Act of 2003: |
| Title I: Oil and Gas
| - Permanently
authorizes the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
-
Production incentives for marginal wells
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Royalty relief for deep water wells
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Incentives for ultra-deep natural gas wells
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Authorization for the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
|
| Title
II: Coal | -
Clean Coal Technology Deployment
|
| Title III: Indian Energy
| - Authorizes
Indian Tribes to enter into leases and business agreements for energy development
under regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior
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Encourages the development of renewable energies
|
| Title IV: Nuclear Energy |
- Permanent
Reauthorization of Price-Anderson, the long-standing liability insurance system
for all nuclear operations in the country
-
Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
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Development of Advanced Nuclear Plants
|
| Title V: Renewable Energy
| - Provides
new incentives for the increased development and use of clean and renewable energy
- Mandates a
federal renewable energy resources assessment
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Reauthorizes the Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program
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Requires federal agencies to purchase 7.5% of their power from renewable energy
sources by 2011
| | Title
VI: Energy Efficiency | - Requires
a 20% improvement to federal energy efficiency in the next 10 years
-
Authorizes grants for energy efficient projects in low-income urban and rural
communities
| | Title
VII: Transportation |
- Reforms
the EPACT alternative fuel vehicle mandate program to encourage the use of alternative
and renewable transportation fuels
-
Requires federal agencies to increase fuel economy of new federal fleet passenger
cars and light trucks by at least three miles per gallon by 2005
|
| Title
VIII: Hydrogen
| - Authorizes
$1.8 billion for the President's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Initiative to develop clean,
renewable hydrogen cars
| | Title
IX: Research and Development |
- Solid State Lighting research
to achieve far higher light bulb efficiencies
-
High Temperature Superconductivity research to decrease today's losses in power
transmission · Solar Production of Hydrogen research
|
| Title
X: Personnel and Training | -
Workforce Trends and Traineeship Grants
-
Research Fellowships in Energy Research
|
| Title XI: Electricity
| - Remands
proposed rulemaking on Standard Market Design
-
Amends the Federal Power Act to protect access to transmission lines by utilities
who have service obligations to consumers and businesses, ensuring a reliable
electricity supply to retail customers
| Sample
Letter
| May
__, 2003 Dear
Senator ________: I
urge you to help pass the Energy Policy Act of 2003 (S. 14) The United States
must have a national energy plan that will increase the use of abundant domestic
energy sources, enhance energy conservation and efficiency, improve energy infrastructure,
and promote advanced energy technologies. It is critical to the nation's energy
security and economic vitality that the Senate pass this important legislation.
Please support
the Energy Policy Act of 2003. Sincerely,
____________________
| Action
Plan --- Please contact your Senators to urge them to pass S.
14. If you want to find your Senators contact information, please click the
following. Senators
| And, please
contact Senate leaders: | President
of the Senate
Richard
Cheney
U.S. Vice President
276 Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive
Office Building
Washington, DC 20501
Phone (202) 456-7459
FAX (202)
456-1798 | Majority
Leader
Bill Frist
Republican, Tennessee
461 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington,
D.C. 20510-4205
Phone (202) 224-3344
Fax (202) 228-1264 |
President
Pro Tempore
Ted
Stevens
Republican, Alaska
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone (202) 224-3004
Fax (202) 224-2354 |
Minority
Leader
Tom Daschle
Democrat, South Dakota
509 Hart Senate Building
Washington,
DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-2321
Fax (202) 224-6603 |
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