PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1996 PRINTER'S NO. 2109
No. 224 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BARD, TULLI, HERSHEY, PERZEL, DALEY, GEIST,
RUBLEY, ARMSTRONG, BASTIAN, BELARDI, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPABIANCA, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, DeLUCA, GABIG,
GEORGE, HANNA, HERMAN, HESS, LaGROTTA, LAUGHLIN, McILHATTAN,
METCALFE, RAYMOND, READSHAW, SCHULER, SOLOBAY, SURRA, TIGUE,
WATSON, R. STEVENSON, TANGRETTI, HUTCHINSON, YUDICHAK, MANN,
JOSEPHS, PISTELLA, CAPPELLI, PALLONE, GRUCELA, ARGALL,
HARHAI, BENNINGHOFF, SCRIMENTI, FRANKEL, HENNESSEY, TRELLO,
ROHRER, FREEMAN, MELIO AND THOMAS, MAY 22, 2001
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 5, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish a
2 working group to develop an energy strategy for Pennsylvania
3 that promotes the efficient use of energy by residential,
4 commercial, industrial, government, transportation and power
5 generation users within this Commonwealth and promotes the
6 development and production of new sources of petroleum and
7 alternatives to petroleum products within this Commonwealth.
8 WHEREAS, Previous administrations of the Federal Government
9 resolved to free the United States from dependence upon foreign
10 petroleum by promoting energy conservation and efficiency and
11 developing new, domestic energy sources; and
12 WHEREAS, As headlines of oil crises fade into obscurity, so
13 too have Federal Government actions to decrease United States
14 reliance on imported petroleum products; and
15 WHEREAS, The national security implications of United States
16 dependence on foreign oil influences foreign policy decisions
17 affecting Israel, other Mideastern countries, Russia and many
1 other of the world's hot spots; and
2 WHEREAS, Our day-to-day, pervasive dependence on foreign
3 petroleum is ignored at great peril to our national economic
4 security; and
5 WHEREAS, Tightening in petroleum markets and spikes in
6 gasoline and heating oil prices offer new opportunities to focus
7 on United States dependence on petroleum imports and the need to
8 develop alternative domestic energy sources and technologies;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, The interests of state governments are the same as
11 the Federal Government in regard to lessening United States
12 dependence on foreign petroleum; and
13 WHEREAS, State governments should provide the leadership for
14 developing energy policies emphasizing the increased efficiency
15 of energy use, the increased development and production of new
16 domestic energy sources and the increased awareness of energy
17 use on the environment and the economy, and these state
18 government policies should provide direction for the private
19 sector; and
20 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth should be at the forefront of the
21 movement to formulate state energy policies with these important
22 objectives in mind; therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
24 State Government Commission to establish a working group to
25 develop an energy strategy for Pennsylvania that promotes the
26 efficient use of energy by residential, commercial, industrial,
27 government, transportation and power generation users OF FOREIGN <--
28 PETROLEUM within this Commonwealth and promotes the development
29 and production of new sources of petroleum and alternatives to
30 petroleum products within this Commonwealth; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That the working group evaluate the energy
2 strategy's effects upon the environment and economy of this
3 Commonwealth; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the working group be comprised of legislators,
5 academics, scientists, representatives of State and local
6 government, experts in the production and use of traditional and
7 alternative energy, experts in environmental and economic issues
8 related to energy and other such experts as may be necessary;
9 and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission report
11 its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives
12 as soon as possible.
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