Committee Grants Final Passage to Energy Legislation

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Committee Grants Final Passage to Energy Legislation

Today, the House Committee on Science and Technology advanced two bills for consideration by the full House.

Energy storage technologies and industrial energy efficiency research and development were the focus of separate bills before the Committee. Last week, both of these bills were cleared by the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

H.R. 3776, the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Act of 2007 enhances the federal government's role in research and development of advanced energy storage systems for stationary and vehicular applications - both of which could provide significant economic and environmental benefits if fully realized.

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Ranking Member Ralph Hall (R-TX) said, "The Energy Storage Technology Advancement Act will help our country use energy more efficiently by establishing a program at DOE to develop energy storage devices for stationary and vehicular applications. I introduced similar energy storage legislation earlier this year, and I thank Chairman Gordon for including much of my language in this important bill."

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