The Senate has the following committee meetings scheduled next week—

Calendars

House (December 3): House Bill 1281 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) requiring municipalities to protect the Appalachian Trail.

Committees

Senate: Senate Special Session Committee on Energy Policies will meet to consider Special Session Senate Bill 4 (Browne-R-Lehigh) establishing alternative energy research and development tax credits; Special Session Senate Bill 6 (Erickson-R-Delaware) establishing a solar installation tax credit; Special Session Senate Bill 8 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) excluding insulation and other energy conservation materials from Sales Tax; Special Session Senate Bill 22 (Tomlinson-R-Bucks) increasing the reimbursement for alternative vehicle fuels from five to ten cents per gallon; Special Session Senate Bill 25 (Waugh-R-York) adding “sugars, lignins” to the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; Special Session Senate Bill 26 (Wonderling-R-Montgomery) requiring state-owned vehicles to be fueled with biofuels; Special Session Senate Bill 31 (D.White-R-Indiana) adding a more specific definition of low-impact hydropower and Special Session Senate Bill 36 (MJ.White-R-Venango) Biodiesel Study and Production Incentive Act which will trigger mandates for the use of biodiesel based on biodiesel fuel production capacity for production sold to distributors in Pennsylvania

11/23/2007