House Committee Releases FY'13 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill - Slashes Energy Efficiency Budget
U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, April 17, 2012
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The Hill, by Erik Wasson, April 17, 2012 The House Appropriations Committee has released its first bill of the 2013 spending cycle - the Energy and Water bill funding the Department of Energy and related agencies. It totals $32.1 billion and contains a 0.3 percent increase from 2012 of $88 million. This represents a cut of $965 million below President Obama’s budget request. Funding for DOE alone totals $26.3 billion – a cut of $365 million bbelow last year’s level and $1.8 billion below the President’s request. Energy efficiency gets a $374 million cut. However, the bill includes $207 million above last year’s level for fossil energy technologies and creates a new $25 million shale oil program. As in previous years, the bill provides $25 million in funding for Yucca Mountain nuclear waste activities despite the fact the Obama administration has abandoned plans to store high-level nuclear waste there. The bill also includes $765 million for nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration activities to further the next generation of safe, secure, and economically beneficial nuclear power options while ensuring the safety and longevity of our current plants. The bill includes $200 million to support the activities of the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy. It also increases funding for nuclear security by $$275 million increase from 2012.
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