Udall Introduces Colorado-Based, Bipartisan Amendments to Senate Energy-Efficiency Bill

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Mark Udall, who serves on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced two amendments aimed at strengthening the energy-efficiency proposal currently before the U.S. Senate. Udall's amendments, which have bipartisan support, are based on Colorado's success at making schools more energy efficient and Udall's bill to cut federal energy costs.

"In order for our nation to be truly energy self-reliant we must make better use of the energy we already produce, even as we bring cleaner, renewable power sources online," Udall said. "My amendments are common-sense proposals to boost energy efficiency and ensure publicly-supported institutions, from local schools to federal data centers, are operating as economically as possible."

Udall's amendments, based on stand-alone, bipartisan bills he has championed along with Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), would:

Encourage schools to become more energy efficient and reduce costs by streamlining federal programs throughout the executive branch;
Force the federal government to reduce energy consumption at federal data centers.

Udall has been a strong proponent of improving energy efficiency as part of the United States' pursuit of energy independence. As part of his ongoing statewide energy tour he has visited Adolfson & Peterson's solar thermal unit in Aurora and discussed how an innovative geothermal greenhouse in Pagosa Springs can use renewable energy to reduce costs for Colorado businesses, among many other sites across the state.

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