Energy Efficiency Bill Falls Flat

We at 2GreenEnergy were lucky to have super-intern Louis de Saint Phalle with us for several months this past spring, and we continue to be the beneficiaries of his insightful research into the migration away from fossil fuels in the direction of energy efficiency and renewables.

Here’s an article he wrote on the Shaheen-Portman bill, aka the “Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act,” that failed to garner required support and died on the Senate floor.  Louis writes: “I always hear that energy efficiency is the “low hanging fruit”; then why are we unable to pass a bill like this?”

Good question, Louis, but I’m not sure you answered it fully; what’s your best guess?