American Council On Renewable Energy Leading Biomass Definition Effort

EnergyPulse.net
12.23.10
Michael Brower, Senior Federal Policy Director, Mosaic Federal Affairs LLC

As one who has manned-up for woody biomass definition fights in Congress since the Farm Bill of 2002 through EPACT 2005, EISA 2007, FCE 2008 and once again to ensure parity for biomass and to achieve equal treatment for biomass energy facilities in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, it is clear to me that people need to appreciate and understand how critical a well-balanced, unified definition of biomass is to our elected leadership in the Congress. As an American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)/Biomass Coordinating Council (BCC) member and Capitol Hill advocate for commercial biomass clients investing millions of real, private dollars for real projects and who are risking their time, well-being and fortune if we don't proactively and properly help the Congress craft a well-balanced biomass definition, biomass will find itself excluded from a pivotal renewable energy role; the time to act is now and we need to give them a draft to work from.

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