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American Chemistry Council applauds removing barriers to industrial efficiency
September 26, 2012 - The American Chemistry Council (ACC)—as association representing companies engaged in the $760-billion business of chemistry—issued the following statement in response to passage of legislation by the U.S. Senate to identify ways to remove barriers to greater investment in industrial energy efficiency technologies:
September 27, 2012 By Anthony Capkun
“The [ACC] applauds the bipartisan leadership of Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Rob Portman for their efforts to identify ways federal agencies can reduce legal, economic and regulatory hurdles in the adoption of industrial energy efficiency technologies. Important elements of S. 1000, the ‘Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011’, added to Senator Jeff Bingaman’s legislation on appliance efficiency and now passed by the Senate, means Congress has taken an important step forward in ensuring federal agencies are supporting industrial energy efficiency technologies and applications.”
“The more federal policymakers know about regulatory barriers that are preventing new types of investment in emerging efficiency technologies, the more likely that these barriers will be removed for businesses across the country.”
ACC explains the legislation orders the Department of Energy (DoE) to conduct a study of legal, regulatory and economic barriers to industrial energy efficiency, including combined heat and power (CHP), and to provide policy recommendations to states and relevant federal agencies on the best ways to address barriers to deployment. The bill would also require DoE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office to better coordinate efficiency R&D throughout the agency, and to work with the National Academy of Sciences to study the development of advanced manufacturing capabilities for various energy technologies.
Since 31% of energy in the United States is used in industry applications, says ACC, removing barriers to the deployment of energy efficiency technologies will lead to significant energy savings.
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