Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici and House Energy & Commerce Chairman Billy Tauzin today announced plans to release on Monday, September 29, a second discussion draft of provisions that have already been released. The chairmen issued the following joint statement: “We have made excellent progress on this energy conference. We have now released discussion drafts on every major issue except ethanol and electricity. While we have not finalized those drafts, we hope to do so in the next couple of days. “Yesterday, Mr. Dingell requested that we delay the final conference meeting and issue another discussion draft that reflects bipartisan input over the last 10 days. We have worked closely with Mr. Dingell and have appreciated his leadership in ensuring open and bipartisan negotiations. We are happy to honor his request. “On Monday, our committee staff will issue a second draft of the sections already released. This draft will reflect revisions proposed over 10 days of bipartisan staff meetings. We will take further input on this draft early next week. We anticipate meeting later in the week to consider a proposed final conference report.” ###