Call Kohl & Feingold about energy bill
Please contact Senators Kohl (202.224.5653) and Feingold (202.224.5323) and ask them to support the Bingaman/Reid RPS amendment when the energy bill comes to the Senate floor and to oppose amendments that would weaken the program’s requirements for clean renewable energy, like wind.
National Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) legislation will come to the floor of the Senate today. The legislation would require utilities to generate or purchase 15% of electricity from renewable energy sources. An RPS is a flexible, market-driven policy that can ensure that the public benefits of renewable energy, such as wind, continue to be recognized as electricity markets become more competitive. The policy ensures that a minimum amount of renewable energy is included in the portfolio of electricity resources serving a state or country, and — by increasing the required amount over time — the RPS can put the electricity industry on a path toward increasing sustainability.
To learn more about contacting them, go to the Web site of the American Wind Energy Associaiton.
Thanks for your help, Ed. We are very close to winning this one, and a few conversations between Wisconsin Senators and those from neighboring states like Richard Lugar (R-IN), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Carl Levin (D-MI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) could be very helpful.
Regards,
Thomas O. Gray
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org
risingwind.blogspot.com
Tom Gray
June 20, 2007