Tell Shaheen and Portman NO to S 1000!
We see this as just another way to bring in the UN’s Agenda 21 goals. Shaheen and Portman should be figuring out ways to tap the energy that is available here in our own country instead of creating situations to allow their green buddies to profit.
You may have received a solicitation from Senator Shaheen to sign a petition to support this bill. After researching the “bipartisan” Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act S 1000 proffered by NH Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Ohio Senator Rob Portman (R) (and possible VP pick if Romney wins the nomination) our colleague has this to offer.
The Department of Energy will be given ruling authority at the local level for building codes…
There is NO mention about HOW “jobs” are created, no mention of how to pay for incentives and investments and Solyndra-type loans.
Some wonder what Portman is thinking. Given that he has file a number of “globalist” bills in the past, including the Global Conservation Act of 2012, we are not surprised.
This “bi-partisan” bill is a disaster waiting to happen.
KEY WORDS TRANSLATED
The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act is a national strategy (Federal Government controlling local laws) (and gives Dept of Energy powers to govern via rulemaking) to increase the use of energy efficiency technologies in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors (driving building costs up, up out of reach, stifling growth!) of our economy, while also fostering job creation (as if job creation has been successful from Washington!).
This bipartisan bill uses a variety of low-cost tools to reduce barriers for private sector energy users and drive adoption (mandate at taxpayers expense!) of off-the-shelf efficiency technologies that will save businesses and consumers money, make America more energy independent, and reduce emissions (appeals to man made global warming believers).
Efficiency technologies are commercially available today, can be widely deployed (mandated by building codes) in every state in the nation, (let each town/city make its own codes, if needed) and pay for themselves (let consumers decide if it is a wise economic decision) through energy savings relatively quickly.
The Shaheen-Portman bill will help speed the transition to a more energy efficient economy, increasing both our economic competitiveness and our energy security for the coming decades, while stimulating the economy and encouraging private sector job creation (another failed “stimulus” bill, just what we need!).
You get the picture? Now read the spin below and contact Shaheen, Portman, and Ayotte to squash this before it goes any further. This is exactly the “help” we don’t need from Obama’s team of big government, statists!
What the Bill Would Do (per Shaheen)
BUILDINGS
– Strengthens national model building codes to make new homes and commercial buildings more energy efficient while working with states and private industry to make the code-writing process more transparent.
– Kick starts private sector investment in commercial, industrial and municipal building efficiency upgrades and renovations by expanding the existing Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee program to include efficiency retrofits.
MANUFACTURERS
– Helps manufacturers reduce energy use and become more competitive by working with states to establish a revolving loan program to help finance efficiency upgrades.
– Encourages the DOE to work with private sector partners to invest in the research, development and commercialization of innovative energy efficient technology and processes for industrial applications.
– Establishes a DOE program – SupplySTAR – to help make companies’ supply chains more efficient.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
– Requires the federal government – the single largest energy user in the country — to adopt energy saving techniques for computers, saving energy and taxpayer dollars.
– Requires agencies to share best practices for advanced metering technology to remotely monitor and better manage energy usage of government buildings.
– Allows federal agencies to use existing funds to update plans for new federal buildings, using the most current building efficiency standards.
– Clarifies that Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) can be used by federal agencies to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure, making it easier for agencies to use electric vehicles.
Summary of Key Findings for Shaheen-Portman
– Consumers would save a net $4 billion a year by 2020 and $20 billion a year by 2030 in reduced energy costs. Cumulative net savings for consumers would total $60 billion by 2030.
– Businesses would add a net total of 80,000 jobs by 2020 and 159,000 jobs by 2030. Job growth would occur through a combination of direct jobs in construction and manufacturing fields such as air conditioning manufacturers, indirect jobs such as equipment wholesalers and induced jobs as newly hired workers spend their earnings back into the economy.
– Reducing demand for electricity would reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power plants and other power sources by 29 million metric tons per year by 2020 and 108 million metric tons per year by 2030. Cutting CO2 by 108 million metric tons is the equivalent of keeping 21 million cars off the road, according to the U.S. EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
Please contact both Shaheen and Portman and advise them that this bill is just more wasteful spending on bureaucracy and government regulations, and is job killing, not creating, and that instead, we need to explore and release energy right here in our own country first.
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D)
DC Office (202) 224-2841
Ohio Senator Rob Portman (R)
DC Office (202)-224-3353