Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act
Latest action · Mar 26, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedMar 24, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act - Authorizes qualified industry organizations to conduct a referendum among the owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel-based electricity for the creation of a Carbon Storage Research Corporation to establish a program to accelerate the commercial availability of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies and methods through the provision of grants, contracts, and financial assistance.
Requires the Corporation: (1) to be established upon approval of those persons representing two-thirds of the total quantity of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered to retail consumers, unless opposed by 40% state regulatory authorities; and (2) to operate as a division or affiliate of the Electric Power Research Institute .
Requires the Corporation, annually, to collect an assessment on such distribution utilities that shall reflect the relative carbon dioxide emission rates of different fossil fuel-based electricity. Sets initial rates of assessment for coal, natural gas, and oil. Authorizes the Corporation to adjust the assessments to reflect changes in the expected quantities of such electricity from different fuel types such that the assessments generate between $1.0 billion and $1.1 billion annually. Sets forth provisions concerning an assessment within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Authorizes the Corporation to collect assessments and conduct operations for 10 years. Dissolves the Corporation after 15 years.
Requires the Corporation's Board to establish policies regarding the ownership of intellectual property developed as a result of Corporation support that encourage individual ingenuity and invention.
Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) issue a rule for determining the level and type of fossil fuel electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility; and (2) make and publish such determinations annually.
Provides for recovery of a distribution facility's costs of complying with this Act.
Establishes the Technical Advisory Committee to provide independent assessments and technical evaluations concerning Corporation activities.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2009 to Jun 30, 2010, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Mar 24, 2009 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Apr 1, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Mar 25, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Mar 24, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 24, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Mar 24, 2009Referred to House Science and Technology
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Department of Energy
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Energy research
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government studies and investigations
- Oil and gas
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Research administration and funding
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- User charges and fees
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2009Introduced in House
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