Support Energy Efficiency for a Better Arkansas
Dear Senators and Representatives,
I ask you to vote YES on Arkansas' Energy Efficiency Package of legislation! Save money, create jobs, and support a better Arkansas.
The Energy Efficiency Package is:
- HB1903
(Cash) The Energy Efficiency Performance Standards Act of 2009 will
require the PSC to expand existing electric and gas utility efficiency
programs provide incentives for insulation and weatherization and
create jobs by expanding businesses involved in energy efficiency. It
is in the House Insurance and Commerce Committee.
- HB1851
(Webb) will help lower barriers to creating a renewable energy market
in Arkansas and help consumers and Arkansas companies upgrade to
renewable energy. It is in the House Insurance and Commerce Committee.
- HB1663 (Webb) Lead By Example legislation will increase efficiency in schools and government buildings – resulting in substantial savings for the state. It is in the Joint Energy Committee.
- SB584 (Broadway) will provide low-cost financing to be used to retrofit state government and school facilities and remove legal barriers to the funding that would make them more energy efficient. It is in the Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee.
- SB440 (Broadway) allows the work of the Sustainable Building Design Task Force to continue. It is in the Senate State Agencies Committee.
- HB1902 (Cash) will amend the Arkansas motorcycle code to allow highly efficient 3-wheeled electric vehicles on the streets regulated as cars. It is in the House Public Transportation Committee.
- HB2008 (Webb) gives a tax credit to encourage the recovery and use of landfill methane gas. It’s not been assigned to committee yet.
