Addressing the Alliance to Save Energy’s annual policy summit Tuesday, Senator Coons described energy efficiency as a “bridge” that should draw steadfast bipartisan support in Congress.
During his speech, Chris reflected on the history of bipartisan energy policy by referencing the work of the late Senators Charles Percy (R-Ill.) and Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), who reached across the aisle 34 years ago and founded the Alliance to Save Energy.
A member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Chris has been a longtime advocate for clean, sustainable energy and called for a return to science-based, energy efficiency policy. Furthermore he highlighted the energy efficiency legislation for which he is a cosponsored:
- S. 398, Implementation of National Consensus Appliance Agreements Act
- S. 963, Reducing Federal Energy Dollars Act
- S. 1000, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act
These bills have the potential to save individuals and businesses energy and money, and – most importantly – create American jobs. Other areas of great interest to Chris are saving the Department of Energy’s energy efficiency research funding, federal tax credits for energy efficiency, and modifying budget rules to allow energy service companies to reduce federal buildings’ energy consumption.
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