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Tipton’s All-of-the-Above Energy Plan Advances through Natural Resources Subcommittee
Apr 27, 2012 Issues: Energy Environment and Public Lands
April 27, 2012
Tipton’s All-of-the-Above Energy Plan Advances through Natural Resources Subcommittee
Washington, DC – Rep. Scott Tipton’s (R-CO) Planning for American Energy Act has advanced through the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. H.R. 4381 seeks to establish common sense steps to create an all-of-the-above American energy plan for using federal lands to meet America’s energy needs.
“The Planning for American Energy Act would set the United States on a path for energy development that follows the most logical criteria—the needs of our people,” Tipton said. “Under the legislation, the non-partisan Energy Information Administration provides the projected energy needs of the United States for the next 30 years to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture on which they then base four year production plans.”
Tipton’s legislation requires that wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, oil, natural gas, coal, oil shale and minerals needed for energy development be included in those plans.
During the questioning of the panel, Tipton underscored that the Planning for American Energy Act advances responsible energy development without repealing a single environmental regulation or review process. When asked if they support the premise of the bill, the panelists—which included the Vice President of Government & Public Affairs for the Western Energy Alliance, the Western Energy Director for Trout Unlimited, and the Senior Director of Federal Regulatory Affairs for the American Wind Energy Association—unanimously agreed.
Watch Tipton question the panel here.
“The bottom line is that the American people need to see cheaper gasoline and energy prices, not more cheap talk from the President and his Administration,” said Tipton. “We need to put into place a sustainable energy plan in this country that responsibly advances the development of alternative and traditional resources, generates economic growth, lowers energy costs, and gets Americans working. My bill puts words into action, and would force the Administration to meet America’s energy need, rather than continue to just talk it to death.”
