The Energy Bill is Not a Sham

You may disagree with a bill, you may believe it doesn’t stand a chance of passing, but that doesn’t make it a sham.

“I cannot support a bill that offers such limited new drilling options while passing on man­dates that could also burden folks with even higher utility bills,” [Rep. Mike Rogers R-AL] said. “This bill is, quite simply, a political sham.”

Everett, R-Rehobeth, also said the bill was not likely to produce much new oil and not likely to be approved by the Sen­ate.

The House bill is different than a Senate version and prob­ably won’t pass Congress in the few weeks remaining in the ses­sion.

Here are the details of the House bill:

# It allows states to propose oil and natural gas drilling 50 or 100 miles off their coast, and drilling on land for shale oil in some Rocky Mountain states.

# Requires power companies to produce 15 percent of their electricity from wind, solar and other green power by 2020.

# Offers tax credits for the purchase of plug-in hybrid electric cars and to make homes more energy efficient.

# Amends leases granted to oil companies in the late 1990s to require them to pay royalties for drilling on federal lands.

# Renews tax credits for so­lar, wind and other renewable power producers.

I do have a problem with how Pelosi and the Democratic leadership came up with this bill and the way it is being brought to the floor, but I do believe it’s an attempt at trying to allow more offshore drilling while also adding incentives for alternative energy. It’s a shame that it’s become next to impossible for Democrats and Republicans in the House to work together on such a proposal, there is fault on both sides for that.

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