Enigin Update - U.S. Energy Institute's Plans Tackle Energy Challenges
IN AN attempt to get energy back into focus the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy yesterday unveiled their strategy to offer realistic solutions to America’s top energy challenges.
The FINANCIAL reports on the five-part plan fro the Chamber, which was formulated after Energy Institute officials returned from the first phase of its Energy Reality Tour, a nationwide dialogue with thousands of business and community leaders on a range of energy issues.
During yesterday’s unveiling of the plan, “Facing Our Energy Realities: A Plan to Fuel Our Recovery”, Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the Energy Institute stated:
“From coast to coast, we heard firsthand from business leaders who are frustrated with our energy policy and want Washington to come up with realistic solutions rather than just rhetoric.
“The plan we’ve put forward today highlights ways to address the five most pressing problems that are holding us back, from the lack of access to our own energy resources to the bureaucratic and regulatory problems that are preventing us from building almost any energy infrastructure and holding back progress on clean and renewable energy.
“In this economic and political environment, policymakers are seeking solutions which will get us on the right path without bringing us further in debt.
“We’re proposing answers such as greater energy efficiency, more domestic production, streamlining, not weakening, environmental review processes, and eliminating trade barriers on clean energy goods and services. All of these solutions come at little or no taxpayer expense, but would dramatically improve our energy security in both the short and long term.,” Harbert concluded.
Enigin Distributors across the United States are helping many in the private and public sectors to become energy efficient, reducing demand and energy costs, fulfilling much of the Energy Institutes plans through installing and applying energy efficiency solutions from Enigin.
Through “Facing Our Energy Realities: A Plan to Fuel Our Recovery”, the Energy Institute lays out a strategy to:
Maximise the U.S.’s Own Energy Resources – The plan states that the country can make better use of its own abundant energy resources through promoting energy efficiency, producing more domestic energy, improving access to federal lands, and allowing for development of new resources.
Make New and Clean Energy Technologies More Affordable – To help lessen the costs that combat the use of new and cleaner energy, the Energy Institute proposes a commitment to innovation and demonstration of new technologies and providing financial mechanisms through a self-funding Clean Energy Bank.
Eliminate Regulatory Barriers Derailing Energy Projects – Remove unnecessary barriers by creating a predictable regulatory environment, streamlining, not weakening, environmental reviews, and prioritising siting and permitting of interstate transmission.
Do Not Put America’s Existing Energy Sources Out of Business – Ensure that the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act are not used indiscriminately to threaten adequate supplies of energy for a smooth transition to a cleaner energy future.
Encourage Free and Fair Trade of Energy Resources and Technologies Globally – Become more globally integrated by promoting free trade, eliminating trade barriers, and ending discriminatory content and trade policies.
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