Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Bill Introduced in Senate

Greetings EBH:

Frankly, would prefer any bill eliminating the DOE bureaucracy, leaving everyone with more money to fund their own energy efficiency projects.

As Ronald Reagan so elegantly stated: government is not the solution, government is the problem.

Cheers,
OLA

The Alliance estimates that American households will spend about $5,700 this year on energy for their homes and vehicles, up nearly 25% over the past two years. These rising costs threaten the fragile economic recovery underway. The Shaheen-Portman bill, if enacted, “can take a big bite out of these costs by cutting energy waste in buildings, in the industrial sectors and in the appliance and equipment we use every day,” the Alliance said.

It is not inefficiency that is raising the cost of energy in this country, if is government regulations, inflation and international affairs.

Government regulations push up the cost of energy on the production end. Inflation pushes up the cost and both ends. International affairs (wars and threats of wars) cause disruptions in supply and fears of further interruptions of supply cause prices to rise.

The two things government could do to reduce the cost of energy to industry is freeze regulations for 5 years and freeze regulatory standards for any new construction energy production plants for a twenty year period after the start of construction.

One reason no new oil refineries have been built in this country is that the EPA will not settle on any emission standard for a refinery. They keep moving the ball on the oil companies. It also the reason that no new nuclear power plants have been built after Three Mile Island the NRC would not settle on standards for Nukes.

You can’t design a plant until you know what standards you have to meet. If the standards change before you complete construction you never complete construction and never start production.

YOU can’t make money that way and no one will invest when they can’t be assured the plant will begin production in a reasonable period of time. The electric power utilities learned that lesson very well in the 1980’s.

Join Senator Rob Portman at the Brecksville Memorial Day Parade

Senator Portman will be participating in the Brecksville Memorial Day Parade this Monday, May 30th. Senator Portman will also serve as the keynote speaker at the Memorial Day ceremony immediately following the parade.

Please consider joining Senator Portman in Brecksville this Memorial Day as we honor and remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the liberties and freedoms that we all enjoy. Details for both the parade and ceremony are below, and we wish you safe and happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Monday, May 30, 2011

Brecksville Memorial Day Parade

10:45 am Step-Off

Brecksville City Hall

9069 Brecksville Road
Brecksville, OH 44141

Parade Route proceeds North on Brecksville Road, and West on Royalton Road

Brecksville Memorial Day Ceremony

11:15 am (ceremony will follow parade)

Brecksville Cemetery
9012 Highland Drive
Brecksville, OH 44141

“‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sub3
section—
‘‘(1) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012
through 2015; and
‘‘(2) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year
2016 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’.”

Half a Billion here, half a Billion there...

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