Bennet, Burr Bipartisan Bill Would Level Playing Field for LNG in Vehicles
Proposal Will Equalize Tax Treatment to Put Competing Fuels on Fair Footing
Jun 07, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced a bipartisan bill to put liquefied natural gas (LNG) on equal footing with diesel fuel under the federal highway excise tax. The bill (S.1103) will allow LNG to compete fairly with diesel by taxing LNG on energy output rather than per gallon.
LNG is a transpor...