Projects like Cape Wind would help put America on the path toward energy independence. This amendment emerges from nowhere, from the back door, from closed rooms.

At a time when high energy prices are wreaking havoc on consumers, the Department of Energy should be making energy efficiency a top priority. Instead, the federal government’s efficiency program is in shambles. This litigation should provide the necessary prod to get these efficiency standards back on track.

We must develop energy independence; we must Make It In America.

The fact that this was the only significant veto left untouched yesterday shows the success of New York's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. We're hopeful that we've now closed the chapter on this debate and that we can move forward with the legislature and the Governor on an ambitious agenda to build and strengthen clean energy efforts in New York.

The Department of Energy is a big bureaucracy.... Energy efficiency hasn't been an agency priority, it hasn't been a political priority, and so the issue has been neglected,

The Department of Energy is a big bureaucracy ... energy efficiency hasn't been an agency priority, it hasn't been a political priority, and so the issue has been neglected,