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West Virginia Congresswoman Capito introduces an energy bill that emphasizes coal |
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June, 21 2008 |
 As fuel prices nationwide continue to hover at or above record prices, a series of bills designed to accelerate the domestic production and use of coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuels have recently been introduced in the House of Representatives as part of an effort to control energy costs and promote U.S. energy independence. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently introduced the “Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act” (H.R. 6170), which mandates the production of 6 billion gallons of CTL fuels by 2022. Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) joined Capito as an original co-sponsor of the bill. Fuel produced to meet the mandate would be used for aviation fuel, motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil and boiler fuel. The mandate begins in 2015 with a requirement that 750 million gallons of CTL fuel be produced, with that figure increasing annually until the 6 billion gallon target is reached. “West Virginians are feeling it at the gas station and they’re feeling high gas prices in the spike in food costs,” said Capito in a May 27 statement. “It’s time for an all-hands-on deck policy and coal must play a part in our energy solutions,” she said. Capito stressed that America’s “coal reserves are larger than the combined oil reserves of the rest of the world,” saying “it’s time to get serious about coal-to-liquids.” Capito emphasized that CTL fuels “can be clean, can be produced domestically, will create American jobs, are economically viable and is the right thing for West Virginia.” Information on Rep. Capito’s bill is available at: Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act. A copy of the bill is available at: H.R. 6170. More information on CTL fuels is available at: www.futurecoalfuels.org. |
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Joel L. Watts
Administrator
Chris Hamilton
Co-Chair
Fred Tucker
Co-Chair   Amid soaring fuel prices and energy crunches in various parts of the country, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank an old friend and applaud West Virginia's readily available and abundant energy source - Coal! While many states who rely on natural gas, nuclear, oil and other base fuels for electric generation are facing extremely high bills this winter, West Virginia enjoys some of the lowest electric costs in the nation thanks to coal. West Virginian's should be thankful that we have an inexpensive and dependable energy source to power our lives. Coal, it works for West Virginia |
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