{"id":6529,"date":"2011-03-16T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/2011-03-16-senators-snowe-merkley-introduce-the-strategic-petroleum-demand-response-act\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:58","slug":"2011-03-16-senators-snowe-merkley-introduce-the-strategic-petroleum-demand-response-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/2011-03-16-senators-snowe-merkley-introduce-the-strategic-petroleum-demand-response-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Los senadores Snowe y Merkley presentan la Ley de Respuesta a la Demanda Estrat\u00e9gica de Petr\u00f3leo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> \u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) y Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) presentaron hoy una legislaci\u00f3n destinada a reducir el consumo de petr\u00f3leo del gobierno federal en situaciones de emergencia. El gobierno federal actualmente consume alrededor del 1.5 por ciento de la energ\u00eda de la naci\u00f3n, lo que cuesta a los contribuyentes aproximadamente $25 mil millones por a\u00f1o. La Ley de Respuesta a la Demanda Estrat\u00e9gica de Petr\u00f3leo requerir\u00eda que el Secretario de Energ\u00eda desarrolle un plan de emergencia, trabajando de forma voluntaria con los estados, los gobiernos locales y las empresas privadas, que el Presidente podr\u00eda ejecutar para reducir la demanda de petr\u00f3leo. Seg\u00fan los datos m\u00e1s recientes de la Administraci\u00f3n de Informaci\u00f3n Energ\u00e9tica, Estados Unidos consume casi 17 millones de barriles de petr\u00f3leo al d\u00eda y se estima que la producci\u00f3n potencial total de Arabia Saud\u00ed supera ligeramente los 12 millones de barriles al d\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn caso de emergencia, el presidente tiene la autoridad para liberar hasta 700 millones de barriles de petr\u00f3leo de la Reserva Estrat\u00e9gica de Petr\u00f3leo, lo que representar\u00eda aproximadamente 30 a 40 d\u00edas de suministro. Si bien es fundamental contar con estos suministros estrat\u00e9gicos en caso de una emergencia, tambi\u00e9n podemos reducir el precio de la gasolina tomando medidas agresivas para reducir el consumo de petr\u00f3leo del gobierno federal y, al mismo tiempo, ahorrar el dinero de los contribuyentes\u201d. <strong>dijo el senador Snowe<\/strong>. \u201cDebemos brindarle al presidente la flexibilidad para reducir ambiciosamente el consumo de petr\u00f3leo y evitar usar nuestro suministro estrat\u00e9gico mientras contin\u00faa la inestabilidad pol\u00edtica en el Medio Oriente. Y en caso de una crisis, es imperativo que el gobierno federal haga su parte para garantizar que su consumo de petr\u00f3leo no aumente innecesariamente la demanda y, por lo tanto, el costo de este preciado recurso para todos los estadounidenses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHay dos formas de reducir los altos precios de la gasolina: aumentar la oferta o reducir la demanda. Ambas estrategias deben estar sobre la mesa. Cuando los precios de la gasolina son lo suficientemente altos como para desencadenar la liberaci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo de la Reserva Estrat\u00e9gica de Petr\u00f3leo, tambi\u00e9n deber\u00edan desencadenar una respuesta federal coordinada para disminuir la demanda. El gobierno federal es un gran consumidor de petr\u00f3leo y deber\u00eda tomar la iniciativa para hacer un mejor uso de nuestro petr\u00f3leo en caso de una emergencia\u201d. <strong>dijo el senador Merkley.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Espec\u00edficamente, la Ley de Respuesta a la Demanda Estrat\u00e9gica de Petr\u00f3leo ordenar\u00eda al Secretario de Energ\u00eda desarrollar un Plan de Respuesta a la Demanda Estrat\u00e9gica de Petr\u00f3leo para reducir inmediatamente el consumo de petr\u00f3leo por parte del gobierno federal. Los tipos de actividades que podr\u00edan incluirse en el plan son: 1) teletrabajo de los trabajadores federales, 2) planes de trabajo flexible para evitar la congesti\u00f3n del tr\u00e1fico; 3) uso reducido de petr\u00f3leo para calentar y enfriar edificios federales; y 4) suspensi\u00f3n de viajes no cr\u00edticos de empleados federales.&nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">El plan no podr\u00eda afectar la seguridad nacional u otras funciones gubernamentales cr\u00edticas.<\/span>. Adem\u00e1s, la legislaci\u00f3n permitir\u00eda a la Secretar\u00eda de Energ\u00eda desarrollar programas voluntarios con empresas privadas, gobiernos locales y gobiernos estatales para reducir tambi\u00e9n su consumo de energ\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; U.S. Senators Olympia J. 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