Energy Policy Modernization Act (Proposed Bill)

what do they mean by bipartisan?

 

makes me nervous, sounds like pork. but i guess that's the only way to get something done.

 

One person's worthwhile program is another person's pork.

Why does the government have to modernize the energy grid? Don't those solar folks want to get off it? Let the utilities and their rate payers decide how much they want to spend for a better grid.

 

you can't give people a choice, they'll just buy more suv's.

 

Haven't read enough of it to be sure what I think of it, but usually if I'm talking about a bill in a forum I like to give the Thomas link for it so nobody has to guess.

With a long bill like this one it's often helpful to read the summary made by the CRS, which usually gives a pretty good idea what you'll find in each section. I have to admit I've seen summaries CRS seemed to work harder on, this one has a lot of "such-and-such law is amended" without saying much about what the amendment would do.

The next option for level of detail is the report by the Energy and Natural Resources committee from their study of the bill, see the 114-138 link.

In the Actions section of the page, I see the most recent thing to happen was on February 4th when a vote was called for cloture (end debate and move forward) and rejected 46 yea 50 nay, and Senator McConnell wanted the vote reconsidered, getting rejected harder the second time, 43 yea 54 nay.

I thought it might be interesting to read what they were saying on the Senate floor that day. Turns out a good deal of it involved the delegation from Michigan, not yet in favor of closing off debate because they would like to negotiate something about what folks in Flint can drink.

-Chap