Joe Wilson: “on Saturday afternoon I was on the west side of Albuquerque at Artistic Homes. Artistic Homes have changed the way they…”

“on Saturday afternoon I was on the west side of Albuquerque at Artistic Homes. Artistic Homes have changed the way they build homes in order to reduce utility bills. I met a first-time buyer family that is going to buy one of those homes. They were signing the papers that day. They currently pay $160 a month for their electric and gas bill, and they expect that bill will be $20 a month when they move into this new home. That experience reinforces why conservation must be a part of our energy agenda. We have an energy problem in this country. It is toughest in the West, but it affects us all. There are not going to be any quick fixes. We need a balanced, long-term approach to give us the stability and the energy that we need. This is too important to do anything but the right thing. We need to start with conservation. We have made tremendous progress in this country over the last 20 years. We are not going back, and nobody wants to. We need a balanced mix of new supplies of energy, and we have to bring on the next generation of new supplies of energy. It is time to pull together and lead, to give us real answers for our energy problems.”