we know that the States are the laboratories of democracy.

I would urge you to think about that some more beyond this, and my hope is your staff here will be thinking about that.

About the prison system?

There is a huge potential for energy savings in this sector.

I sometimes say that the cleanest, most affordable form of energy is the energy we never use.

Aside from cloning Senator Bingaman, what other advice would you have for us as we look to the future?

I think one of the things that is important is that it is an early-stage technology and it does need some help to get us back into a leadership position.

Thank you.

All right. Good. Thank you.

I actually think that is a pretty good approach. We will see if it passes muster in whatever we put together next year.

Utilities are much more focused on energy production rather than finding energy savings, for obvious reasons.

One of the provisions that Senator Snowe and I have worked on is an investment tax credit for offshore wind.

I have been told by industry that energy efficiency projects have a huge up-front cost, despite the long-range energy savings.

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