**[Energy Efficiency Promotion Act]{.underline}**

U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Richard Lugar,
Larry Craig, Daniel Akaka, Lisa Murkowski, Ken Salazar, John Kerry &
Olympia Snowe

The Energy Efficiency Promotion Act will reduce our nation's use of
fossil fuels by improving efficiency in vehicles, buildings, home
appliances and industrial equipment -- saving consumers more than \$12
billion annually. The bill will implement steps that save:

-   At least 50 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, or
    enough energy to power 4.8 million U.S. households;

-   17 trillion Btu of natural gas per year, or enough to heat about
    750,000 U.S. homes;

**[Expedites New Energy Efficiency Standards for
Appliances]{.underline}**

Enacts into law efficiency standards developed by the Department of
Energy for residential boilers, dishwashers, clothes washers,
refrigerators and dehumidifiers, and electric motors.

 

Provides the Department of Energy with expedited rulemaking authority
and increased flexibility to issue new energy efficiency standards in
the future.

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**[Sets Energy Efficiency Goals for Vehicles]{.underline}**

Sets aggressive national goals for reducing gasoline usage by 20 percent
by 2017; 35 percent by 2025 and 45 percent by 2030.

 

Authorizes nationwide media campaign to increase energy efficiency.

 

**[Promotes Federal Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy]{.underline}**

Federal and state fleets of civilian vehicles are required to reduce
petroleum consumption by 30 percent by 2016.

 

Requires the federal government, including the Capitol Complex, to
increase its purchases of renewable electricity to 10 percent by 2010
and 15 percent by 2015. 

 

Requires a 30 percent reduction in energy consumption in existing
federal buildings by 2015 and requires new and renovated federal
buildings to meet standards for reducing fossil fuel consumption, with a
goal of eliminating fossil fuel consumption in new buildings by 2030.

 

Permanently authorizes and makes improvements in the federal Energy
Savings Performance Contracting program, an initiative that requires all
new federal buildings to be built in the most energy efficient way, and
energy savings to be applied to improving the efficiency of existing
federal buildings.

 

**[Promotes High Efficiency Vehicles, Advanced Batteries and Energy
Storage]{.underline}**

Authorizes \$60 million for the Department of Energy to research and
develop light-weight materials such as advanced carbon composites and
light-weight steel alloys for the construction of vehicles.  

 

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of
Energy to issue loan guarantees for facilities for the manufacture of
parts for fuel-efficient vehicles.

 

Authorizes federal awards to manufacturers and suppliers for 30 percent
of qualified investment for incremental costs incurred to re-equip,
expand or establish a manufacturing facility to produce advanced
technology vehicles. 

 

Authorizes an R&D program for electric drive transportation technology,
including "plug-in hybrid electric vehicles".

 

Authorizes \$500 million over 10 years for basic research for batteries,
and \$800 million to transition the basic research to first-of-a-kind
batteries the automobile and electric utility industries can use to
improve energy storage, and authorizes \$1 billion over ten years for
four centers to work with the industries to develop advanced
manufacturing technologies for batteries to be globally competitive. 
Currently, China, Japan and Korea dominate the automobile battery
market, giving those countries a distinct advantage in hybrid electric
technology. 

  

**[Promotes Advanced Lighting Technologies]{.underline}**

Accelerates the use of efficient lighting in federal buildings by 2010

 

Authorizes a \$10 million Bright Tomorrow Lighting to replace the 60
watt incandescent light bulb, and a \$5 million award for replacing
flood lights. Once the advancements in lighting technology are made, the
federal government will require the use of these light bulbs in federal
buildings.

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**[Assists State and Local Governments in Energy
Efficiency]{.underline}**

Reauthorizes the Weatherization Assistance Program at \$750 million, a
\$50 million increase over the current authorization.

 

Authorizes a grant program for energy efficiency and innovative energy
technology projects at colleges and universities.

  

Authorizes a job training program for workers in the energy efficiency
and renewable energy industries.

 

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