Senators Plan Another Push To Enact Remaining Efficiency Bill Provisions

May 6, 2021
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) are expected to reintroduce energy efficiency legislation within weeks to make another attempt at establishing energy savings targets for voluntary national model building codes, among other climate-friendly efforts, after the bid stalled in the last Congress. Sources say the building codes language will likely be the most significant single climate measure in the upcoming legislation as the two lawmakers seek to move remaining provisions of the bill -- long known as the...


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