The bill, sponsored by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), reintroduces energy efficiency legislation that failed to be voted into law in the last Congress. Some elements of the prior version that addressed industrial and federal building efficiency were enacted into law through passage of another bill, H.R. 6582.
Major elements of S. 761 include:
Senator Portman’s website stated: “The bill will make our economy more productive and create jobs by incentivizing the use of energy efficiency technologies in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of our economy. Existing efficiency initiatives have already saved taxpayers more than $300 billion in energy bills and have reduced national energy use substantially. Our bipartisan bill takes efficiency to the next level through a variety of low-cost tools to encourage the use of efficiency technologies that will reduce costs for businesses and consumers, while making America more energy independent.
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