CAES Eager to Work with Congress, Administration on New Energy Policies
Alliance Supports Efforts That Increase Energy Efficiency, Diversity and Supply
Energy affordability and security remain top-tier issues among members of Congress and the Bush Administration. The Consumer Alliance on Energy Security is a broad coalition of groups representing millions of Americans whose livelihoods depend on reliable and affordable supplies of energy. We are eager to work with Congressional Leaders – including Speaker Pelosi and Leader Boehner in the House, and Leaders Reid and McConnell in the Senate – and with the Bush Administration to develop policies that increase energy efficiency, diversity and supply.
CAES supports aggressive energy efficiency and conservation programs to immediately begin reducing energy demand and stretch the existing domestic oil and natural gas supply base; investments in alternative energy R&D to diversify energy sources; investments in energy delivery infrastructure; and increased access to new sources of domestic energy supply. We would welcome a bipartisan effort that took serious steps on both supply and demand.
The Consumer Alliance for Energy Security played a prominent role in winning passage of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, signed in 2006. Now more than ever, America needs an energy policy that puts the nation on a path to a more affordable, secure energy future. We are committed to pursuing important energy objectives – in 2008 and beyond – on a bipartisan basis.
