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HILL BRIEFS
Wide Range Of Cost Hikes Seen With Lieberman-Warner
People will be paying higher energy prices under a Senate bill to limit greenhouse gases, but how much will depend on how well the country can shift away from burning fossil fuels, an Energy Department analysis said Tuesday.
The Energy Information Administration said annual energy costs could increase on average as little as $30 or up to 10 times that by 2020. The projected cost increases per household ranged from $76 to $723 a year more by 2030.
The agency said the difference depends on how successful the country is in shifting energy production from coal and oil to nuclear, solar and wind energy, and how much it adopts conservation measures.
Legislation sponsored by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and John Warner, R-Va., calls for capping carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, transportation and industrial sources to attain a reduction of 70 percent in greenhouse gases by mid-century.
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