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White House Signals That It Might Veto Energy Bill
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 05, 2007 02:04pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 4, 2007 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Efforts by members of Congress to pass an energy bill hit another bump yesterday when the White House suggested that President Bush might veto the bill, but Democratic leaders said they would not alter the package assembled last week after intense negotiating over fuel efficiency standards.
Allan B. Hubbard, director of the National Economic Council, said in a letter yesterday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that the energy package failed to meet criteria he set out in October and that "it appears Congress may intend to produce a bill the President cannot sign."
Hubbard objected to a provision that would require utilities to use renewable electricity sources for at least 15 percent of their power generation by 2020. The provision would allow utilities to count energy efficiency as up to 4 percent of that amount. Many utilities in the Southeast, especially Southern Co. of Atlanta, have complained that they cannot meet this target, and Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) said it would make the bill "untenable for many in the Senate."
Hubbard also said that the president preferred his own "alternative" fuel standard to the compromise language worked out by the House and Senate to set minimum levels of biofuel use. Democrats believe that by using the word "alternative" instead of "renewable," Hubbard was signaling a desire to include liquid fuels derived from coal.
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