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  Government purchase of green energy products

  It seems that we both agree on the same goals here.  Regarding the agressiveness of this bill, it is far more agressive than anything else put forward.  It is truly a crash effort to deal with our energy situation.

  Rargarding your first specific concern, here's what it does to have the federal gov use its buying power:

  -Requires the federal government to purchase 10% of its electricity from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power, or other zero-emission sources by 2015.

  -Require that when the federal government purchases vehicles, 10% of those vehicles must be hybrids or vehicles that otherwise achieve 40 miles per gallon.

  -Provides interest free loans so that institutions of higher learning, municipalities and local governments can purchase hybrids or vehicles that can get 40 miles to the gallon.

  -Require the government to, where it is economically feasible, purchase biodiesel, 85% ethanol blended gasoline, or 10% ethanol blended gasoline.

  - The bill will also provide tax credits in order to incentivize consumer purchase of and industry production of hybrids, advanced diesels, alternative fuel and hydrogen vehicles.

  Brian Bonlender
  Legislative Director
  Congressman Jay Inslee
  On New Apollo Energy Act contrasts sharply with "Jurassic" GOP energy bill posted 4 years, 6 months ago 7 Responses

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  re relation to Apollo Alliance

  Apollo Alliance folks and Rep. Inslee coincidentally began working on the same idea, independently and at roughly the same time, using the exact same moniker (Apollo).  The Apollo Alliance people came to us before getting their alliance off the ground when they found an op ed Inslee had published in the Seattle PI on the subject from December of '02 (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/100516_inslee19.shtml?searchpagefrom=1&searchdiff=883).  We have worked with the Apollo Alliance, as well as many other organizations and clean energy industry experts in developing some of these ideas and concepts.  

  Brian Bonlender
  Legislative Director
  Office of Congressman Jay InsleeOn New Apollo Energy Act contrasts sharply with "Jurassic" GOP energy bill posted 4 years, 6 months ago 7 Responses