Electric Transportation Advancement Act of 2009
Latest action · May 5, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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 4, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Electric Transportation Advancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to direct the Secretary of Energy to make loans as well as (under current law) grants for qualified electric transportation projects, especially near-term projects.
Directs the Secretary to inventory existing electric transportation technologies and hybrid transportation technologies and markets and implement methods of promoting them.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) work with utilities to develop low-cost, simple methods of using off-peak electricity or managing on-peak electricity use; (2) develop systems to enable plug-in electric drive vehicles to enhance the availability of emergency back-up power for consumers and work with utilities to study and demonstrate the implications of the introduction of plug-in electric drive vehicles and other types of electric transportation technology on electrical production from renewable resources; and (3) study and demonstrate the potential value to the electric grid of using energy stored in on-board storage systems of plug-in electric drive vehicles.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a program to certify: (1) emissions of criteria pollutants, fuel economy, and petroleum usage of plug-in hybrid electric drive vehicles; and (2) emissions reductions, fuel economy improvements, and petroleum usage reductions from other forms of electric transportation technology.
Requires the EPA Administrator to establish a task force to recommend certification protocols.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to Congress on the benefits of and barriers to the widespread deployment of City Cars with performance capability that exceeds that of low-speed vehicles but is less than that of passenger vehicles, and that may be battery electric, fuel cell electric, or plug-in hybrid electric drive vehicles.
Directs the EPA Administrator to: (1) recommend to Congress how vehicle fuel definitions may be changed to be fuel and technology neutral; and (2) report to Congress on how petroleum, emissions, and pollutant reductions may be incorporated into the fuel and technology neutral emissions reduction program.
Limits the amount of certain electric vehicle energy storage research and development funding available to the National Laboratories.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 4, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | May 4, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- May 5, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- May 4, 2009Introduced in House
- May 4, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- May 4, 2009Referred to House Science and Technology
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy research
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental technology
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Oil and gas
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Transportation programs funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2009Introduced in House
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