Joint Economic Committee

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) held a hearing to examine how energy efficiency programs can drastically reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy, help us achieve energy independence, and strengthen our economy. The JEC hearing entitled, “Efficiency: The Hidden Secret to Solving Our Energy Crisis” was held Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 10:00 am in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Massachusetts Secretary of Energy, Ian Bowles, discussed that state’s brand new efficiency law signed this month; and Google’s Dan Reicher addressed federal opportunities for new energy efficiency programs and groundbreaking private sector energy-savings programs. The panelists, also including Dr. Jonathan Koomey from Stanford University and Mr. Mark Mills of ICx Technologies, offered their views on future federal government energy and energy efficiency policies.

Opening Statements:

Chairman Schumer (PDF - 45.1 KBs)

Witness Statements:

Ian Bowles, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (PDF - 1.4 MBs)
Mark P. Mills, Co-Founder, Chairman ICx Technologies, Inc. (PDF - 23.8 KBs)
Dr. Jonathan Koomey, Professor, Stanford University (PDF - 616.9 KBs)
Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google (PDF - 97.3 KBs)

Press Advisories:

Media Advisory (PDF - 126.1 KBs)

Archived Videos:

Watch: Efficiency: The Hidden Secret to Solving Our Energy Crisis (RAM - 64.0 Bs)

Charts:

Americans Are Spending Double on Gasoline Now than We Spent in 2001 (PDF - 12.0 KBs)
Gasoline Bills Ate Up 10 Percent of Low-Income Earners' Paychecks in 2006 (PDF - 11.2 KBs)
Transportation Consumes the Overwhelming Majority of U.S. Oil Demand (PDF - 10.0 KBs)

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Efficiency: The Hidden Secret to Solving Our Energy Crisis