The Senate Special Session Committee on Energy Policies will meet next week and is expected to consider eight bills addressing a variety of energy issues. The Committee is expected 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

The Energy Policies Committee is chaired by Sen. Mary Jo White and Sen. Ray Musto (D-Luzerne).

11/23/2007