House Committee hears poop to power bill.
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House Committee hears poop to power bill.

Date: April 20, 2010
By: Alex Klingelhoeffer
State Capitol Bureau
Links: SB 848

Intro:  Turning animal waste into renewable energy is gaining steam in the House Agriculture Committee.
RunTime:  0:43
OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: The bill would fall directly under the 2008 voter passed proposition C.

That initiative mandates that 15 percent of all energy Missouri uses has to come from renewable sources by 2021.

Hillsboro Democratic Representative Belinda Harris said the methane is going to waste.

Actuality:  HARRIS3.WAV
Run Time:  00:13
Description: "It is a way that you can capture a fuel that's just there and available. Also after its finished you have the manure that's good fertilizer."

House Republicans agreed with Harris. One said, "If we can get energy to our consumers cheaper, that's the ultimate goal for all of us."

The committee is expected to vote on the bill Thursday.

From the State Capitol, I'm Alex Klingelhoeffer. 

Intro:  Turning poop into power doesn't raise a stink in the House Agriculture Committee.
RunTime:  0:42
OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: No one opposed a bill that, if passed, would count methane gas collected from animal waste toward renewable energy standards. 

Koeltztown Republican Representative and Committee Chair Tom Loehner said this bill gives another option to energy companies looking to go green and may lead to cheaper energy down the road.

Actuality:  LOEHNER.WAV
Run Time:  00:11
Description: "We're talking about animal waste you know. In a better word, crap runs downhill and the guy on the end is our consumers so that's what we need to look at too."

2008's proposition C mandates 15 percent of all energy used in Missouri to be from renewable sources by 2021.

The Senate passed the bill unanimously earlier this month.

From the State Capitol, I'm Alex Klingelhoeffer.