Authorization bill targets DoD energy usage

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Authorization bill targets DoD energy usage
By Tim Kauffman - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jun 9, 2008 6:14:32 EDT

Stronger leadership, better accounting, and more money are the main drivers in the House’s latest attempt to help the Pentagon improve how it manages and conserves energy.

Provisions in the House version of the 2009 defense authorization bill, which cleared the House Armed Services Committee on May 15, would:

• Create a Senate-confirmed presidential appointee position to oversee energy plans and programs within the Pentagon.

• Require the Pentagon within three years to consider the full cost of fuel requirements — what it takes to acquire, deliver and protect fuel supplies — when planning military operations and designing and buying combat systems.

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The military is the largest single energy user in the country, accounting for about 1 percent of total U.S. energy consumption and 78 percent of the federal government’s energy use.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/06/army_energy_060808w/