US "energy lite" bill omits wind, renewable fuels
Date: 14-Nov-02
Country: USA
Danish wind turbine manufacturers such as Vestas Wind System and NEG Micon are among the companies that have closely watched the difficult negotiations over a broad energy bill to promote more oil drilling, automobile efficiency standards and conservation measures.
But with hopes for a broad bill dead, Rep. Billy Tauzin, a Louisiana Republican who heads the Senate and House negotiating panel, proposed language Monday for a sharply-streamlined energy bill.
Tauzin and other House Republicans hope to steer the bill through Congress during its final session this month.
But Senate Democrats have not yet indicated whether they are willing to go along with the so-called "energy lite" bill.
Proposals for renewable energy incentives, ethanol production, coal technology and billions in tax breaks will be revived when the new Congress begins work in January, according to legislative aides.