VOL. XLV

No 17

29-April-2002

GENERAL

Draft Energy Bill Goes ToConference After Senate & House Approve Different Versions

TheUS Senate passed by 88 to 11 an energy bill that differs considerably from thebill passed by the House last year (MEES,6 August 2001), meaning that the legislation must now go to conference wheremembers of both houses of Congress will work to combine the two bills into onelegislative package.TheDemocratic-controlled Senate bill relies more on conservation and renewable...