Romney's energy masterplan

Hopeful: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to unveil his energy policy

AP/SCANPIX

By Blake Wright Houston

 23 August 2012 22:59 GMT

US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was planning to unveil what was being touted as his comprehensive energy policy this week.

Romney raised almost $7 million on a fund-raising and campaign tour through Texas, promising a plan that will increase domestic energy production, ­including oil and gas, and create new jobs.

“We will, I believe ­before the end of this week, be ­describing a comprehensive ­energy plan, particularly as it ­relates to fossil-based fuels,” Romney told the audience at a fundraiser in Houston.

“I know that we have members of the media here right now, so I’m not going to go through that in great detail so I can save a bit of that…

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