Knowledge Is Power Act
Latest action · May 7, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Knowledge Is Power Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to disclose prominently on consumers' periodic billing statements the percentage mix of energy technologies and fuels used to generate the electricity sold within the distribution utility's distribution area.
Requires such disclosure to specify the percentage of electricity generated from coal, from gas, from nuclear, from any other fuel, and from any particular type of renewable energy (including solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean tidal, ocean wave, ocean current, ocean thermal, geothermal, municipal solid waste, or hydroelectric).
Declares compliance requirements inapplicable if before enactment of this Act: (1) the state has implemented for such utility the standard concerned, or a comparable one; (2) the state regulatory authority or relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider the standard's implementation; or (3) the state legislature has voted on its implementation.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 7, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Original | May 7, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 7, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 7, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 7, 2007Introduced in House
- May 7, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- May 7, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2171 | Knowledge Is Power Act | Identical bill | May 3, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for disclosure to consumers of the fuels and sources of electric energy purchased from electric utilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Knowledge Is Power Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alternative energy sources
- Biomass energy
- Coal
- Commerce
- Consumer education
- Electric power production
- Electric utilities
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Geothermal resources
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hydroelectric power
- Landfills
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Municipal solid waste
- Natural gas
- Nuclear energy
- Ocean currents
- Ocean energy resources
- Refuse as fuel
- Solar energy
- State laws
- Water Resources Development
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 7, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
