On Dec. 3, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive 275-page energy bill that aims to modernize the country’s energy infrastructure, bolster the energy and manufacturing workforce, increase America’s energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability. The bill — HR 8: North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 — was received in the U.S. Senate on Dec. 7 and referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
“It started off as an attempt to be bipartisan and, for the most part, was consensus-based,” said Charlie McCrudden, senior vice president of government relations for ACCA.