Sierra Colleagues and Friends:
I need your help. The Senate's energy efficience bill is ready for
debate in the Senate Natural Resources & Environment Committee,
hopefully yet this week. Sen. Hogg had intended to bring it up today,
but his survey of colleagues revealed that there are 4 Democrats in
that committee who do not support it as is, Sens. Ragan, Schoenjahn,
Hancock and Woods. So....
We absolutely need your calls to the members of that committee,
especially those 4. Committee members are as follows, and immediately
below the list is the alert message to give you the background and the
fundamentals of what you need to convey to them.
Please pass this alert on to your Sierra members and friends! And,
Thanks!
Senator Dennis H. Black D - Jasper - [log in to unmask],
Chair
Senator Tom Hancock D - Dubuque [log in to unmask], Vice
Chair
Senator Thurman Gaskill R - Kossuth [log in to unmask],
Ranking Member
Senator Joe Bolkcom D - Johnson [log in to unmask]
Senator Dick L. Dearden D - Polk [log in to unmask]
Senator Robert Hogg D - Linn [log in to unmask]
Senator Amanda Ragan D - Cerro Gordo [log in to unmask]
Senator Brian H. Schoenjahn D - Fayette [log in to unmask]
Senator Joe Seng D - Scott [log in to unmask]
Senator Frank B. Wood D - Scott [log in to unmask]
Senator Jerry Behn R - Boone [log in to unmask]
Senator Hubert Houser R - Pottawattamie [log in to unmask]
Senator David J. Johnson R - Osceola [log in to unmask]
Senator Steve Kettering R - Sac [log in to unmask]
Senator Mary A. Lundby R - Linn [log in to unmask]
Senator Larry Noble R - Polk [log in to unmask]
SF 2083 Alert:
Call or Email Your Senator Today! (Senate swithchboard, daytime hours:
515-281-3371.)
Tell your senator to make energy efficiency a priority; to vote for SF
2083. Yesterday the Governor announced his energy proposal for
Legislative consideration. It too includes what we have all been
asking for...an\ energy efficience standard very similar to the one in
SF 2083.
Energy efficiency measures allow us to do more with less—to enjoy the
same quality of life and energy-related services using less energy.
And unlike burning fossil fuels to meet energy needs, energy
efficiency does not pollute.
Senate File 2083 will make energy efficiency a priority for Iowa. It
will require all utility companies to use a planning tool that will
help put energy efficiency first: utilites would compare the costs of
energy efficiency, including environmental impacts like greenhouse gas
emissions, against the costs of new or expanded fossil fuel generation.
Energy efficiency is among the fastest, cleanest, and cheapest
resources available and would see a boost under this bill. If this
bill passes, we expect to see a significant increase in the amount of
energy efficiency programs implemented. The bill also authorizes the
Iowa Utilities Board to set energy savings goals for all utilities and
lets utilities pool together to give more Iowans access to their
energy efficiency programs.
So...first steps first—If your senator is on the Natural Resources &
Environment Committee, please contact him/her directly. I’ve provided
their contact information for you above.
So let us re-join this chorus. Call or email your Senator today.
(Senate swithchboard, daytime hours: 515-281-3371.)
Your voice matters. Please call or email today.
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Instructions:
Below is a sample of the kind of message you can write about why
energy efficiency should be a priority for Iowa utility companies.
Feel free to edit this text and make it your own. And DO CALL OR EMAIL
TODAY. Ask your senator on the Senate Natural Resources & Environment
Committee, to vote YES for Senate File 2083.
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Message to (your Senator):
I am writing to request that you give Senate File 2083 your full
support. This bill makes energy efficiency a priority for Iowa’s
utility companies. Efficiency is a cleaner and cheaper solution for
consumers and utilities, compared to putting more fossil fuels
online. Energy efficiency measures allow us to do more with less—to
enjoy the same quality of life and energy-related services using less
energy.
Besides being cleaner and cheaper, energy efficiency is a good
investment for Iowa.
Three major international financial institutions recently announced a
set of principles, The Carbon Principles, to guide future lending and
investment related to energy. These institutions include Citigroup,
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Morgan Stanley, which have trillions of
dollars of assets worldwide. The first Principle they listed was
energy efficiency:
Energy efficiency: “An effective way to limit CO2 emissions is to not
produce them. The signatory financial institutions will encourage
clients to invest in cost-effective demand reduction, taking into
consideration the value of avoided CO2 emissions.”
Iowa needs also to invest in energy efficiency first.
Please vote yes for Senate File 2083, and make Iowa a winner
economically and environmentally. Please also let me know how you
voted, with a letter or an email.
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Lyle Krewson
Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter Lobbyist
1725 S. 50th Street #602
West Des Moines, IA 50265
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515-238-7113 - Cel
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