On July 19, the House rejected the Senate’s version of the Farm Bill, setting the stage for Conference Committee negotiations to develop the final version of the bill that will go to the President’s desk. The House named its conferees (list below) for the negotiations with the Senate. The Senate is expected to name its

On June 21, the House passed their version of the Farm Bill, which included improvements to the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovations Program. The new language in the House Farm Bill expands the program from $5 million per year to $25 million per year. Meanwhile, the Senate passed its bipartisan version of the Farm

On May 18, the House voted on amendments to the 2018 Farm Bill, including an Amendment from Representative Biggs that would have eliminated all Energy Title programs, including the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovations Program. BTEC and many other energy industry associations opposed the Biggs Amendment and it was defeated on a 74-340 vote.

On April 18, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy will conduct a member roundtable to address the recently expired tax provisions. The tax provisions under discussion, also known as tax extenders, provided credits to a variety of industries, including in the renewable energy sector. BTEC has worked to attach the BTU Act

On April 12, the House Agriculture Committee released its first mark of the H.R. 2, Agriculture & Nutrition Act of 2018 bill text. This mark-up calls for $25 million per year for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 for the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program. Grants would cover up to 35% of

Over the past 2 years, the the Biomass Energy Resource Center, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Biomass Thermal Energy Council, and Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, LLC spearheaded an initiative to develop a national wood chip heating fuel quality standard following the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) protocol. In the United States, there are widely

On March 14, the House Ways & Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Tax Policy held a hearing titled: Post Tax Reform Evaluation of Recently Expired Tax Provisions. The hearing featured four separate panels to provide a forum for sector representatives to discuss and defend the need for continuing targeted tax provisions also known as “tax extenders.” The budget