AF & PA supports energy proposal.AF & PA SUPPORTS ENERGY PROPOSAL. American Forest & Paper Assoc. (AF & PA) president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. W. Henson Moore William Henson Moore, III (born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on October 4, 1939), is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, having represented the Baton Rouge-based Sixth Congressional District, from 1975-1987. joined Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. as he unveiled his new energy legislation called "The Natural Gas Price Reduction Act of 2005." The legislation is designed to calm the volatile natural gas market through conservation and energy efficiency, improvements to the energy infrastructure, increased supply, and advances in fuel diversity. Washington, D.C.-based AF & PA also praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6) by a 249-183 vote. The bill, long supported by AF & PA, is seen by AF & PA as a first step in bringing relief to America's manufacturers by establishing a sensible national energy policy. H.R. 6 increases access to natural gas supplies, expedites the placement of new Liquefied Natural Gas liquefied natural gas: see under natural gas. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) A product of natural gas which consists primarily of methane. Its properties are those of liquid methane, slightly modified by minor constituents. (LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. ) terminals and provides the regulatory certainty required for investment in new infrastructure associated with natural gas supply. It also protects access to the nation's electricity grid for industrial co-generators of electricity. |
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