The following is an excerpt from an official Whitehouse statement about the Energy Policy Act:

‘Today, President Bush Signed Into Law The First National Energy Plan In More Than A Decade. The President’s national energy plan will encourage energy efficiency and conservation, promote alternative and renewable energy sources, reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy, increase domestic production, modernize the electricity grid, and encourage the expansion of nuclear energy.”

Read the presidents speech here: President Signs Energy Policy Act