Dive Brief:

• A bipartisan energy efficiency bill that’s inched through the Senate for two years may finally come to a vote by year’s end, says one of its two main sponsors.
• Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) told industry leaders that 15 amendments to the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), have been cleared by both sides of the Senate's energy committee.
• Debate was stalled by the government shutdown, so this is the second try for the legislation this year.

Dive Insight:

Shaheen uttered the magic words for any legislation in Congress: “filibuster-proof majority.” Of course, the House of Representatives may be another story, but Shaheen remains confident. "If we can't do this, then it will be very difficult to do anything else on energy policy in this country," she said.