Dive Brief:

• Energy efficiency advocates are redoubling efforts to revive stalled bipartisan energy efficiency legislation in the Senate.
• A summary of The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act can be found here. The bill is meant to spur the use of energy efficiency technologies in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
• The measure sponsored by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, lost momentum in September in the run-up to the budget impasse that led to the federal government shutdown.

Dive Insight: 

The bill was approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee with strong bipartisan vote, 19-3, on May 8. But the bill has become bogged down by rancorous Senate politics on other matters. So supporters are crafting a limited number of amendments with bipartisan sponsorship to garner the 60 votes that would be needed to move the bill to the Senate floor and avoid the threat of extraneous amendments.