A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide a renewable portfolio standard, and other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 13, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7614-7615)
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 7, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to set forth a federal renewable energy portfolio standard applicable to calendar years 2010 to 2025.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a renewable energy credit trading program under which electric utilities shall submit to the Secretary renewable energy credits to certify their compliance with such standard; and (2) a state renewable energy account program for grants to state agencies to promote renewable energy production (including programs that promote technologies that reduce the use of electricity at customer sites such as solar water heating).
Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and enforce regulations to ensure that an electric utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with compliance with this Act.
Instructs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on methods to increase transmission line capacity for wind energy development.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7614-7615)
- Jun 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jun 7, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jun 6, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7170-7172)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Alternative energy sources
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power production
- Electric power transmission
- Electric utilities
- Energy
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Heating
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Law
- Solar energy
- Standards
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
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