Renewable Electricity Promotion Act of 2010
Latest action · Sep 22, 2010 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 576.
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.
- IntroducedSep 21, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Renewable Electricity Promotion Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to establish a standard that requires electric utilities to obtain an increasing percentage of their base quantity of electricity that they sell to consumers from renewable energy or energy efficiency (3% in 2012-2013, 6% in 2014-2016, 9% in 2017-2018, 12% in 2019-2020, and 15% in 2021-2039).
Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a renewable energy credit trading program and an energy efficiency credit trading program, under which utilities will submit credits to comply with such standard. Provides for the issuance, duration, transfer, trading, tracking, and reporting of credits. Sets forth civil penalties for utilities that fail to meet such requirements.
Allows the Secretary to delegate to: (1) a market-making entity the administration of a national renewable energy credit market and a national energy efficiency credit market to create a transparent national market for the sale or trade of such credits, and (2) regional entities the tracking of dispatch of renewable energy generation;.
Authorizes: (1) a state public utility commission or electric utility to request a variance from such renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements, and (2) a utility to meet such requirements by submitting alternative compliance payments.
Allows: (1) a governor to expend amounts in a state renewable energy escrow account solely for increasing the quantity of electric energy produced from a renewable energy source in the state, promoting deployment and use of electric drive vehicles in the state, and offsetting the costs of carrying out this Act paid by consumers in the state through direct grants to electric consumers or energy efficiency investments; and (2) states to adopt or enforce laws concerning renewable energy or energy efficiency or the regulation of electric utilities.
Exempts from renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements an electric utility that sold less than 4 million megawatt hours of electric energy to electric consumers during the preceding year or that is located in Hawaii.
Requires the Secretary, when petitioned by the governor of a state or the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the case of TVA's power service area, to allow up to 26.67% of the renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements associated with the sales of electricity of a utility to be met by submitting federal energy efficiency credits.
Requires: (1) the Secretary to promulgate regulations regarding the measurement and verification of electricity savings; and (2) the increment of electricity output of a new combined heat and power system that is attributable to the higher efficiency of the combined system to be considered electricity savings.
Requires the Secretary to make loans available to electric utilities to: (1) construct a renewable energy generation facility; and (2) install an energy efficiency or electricity demand reduction technology.
Terminates the authority provided by this Act on December 31, 2039.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2010 to Nov 17, 2010; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-DE | Edward E. Kaufman | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-IL | Roland Burris | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Sep 21, 2010 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Sep 22, 2010 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Sep 22, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 22, 2010 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Sep 27, 2010 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Sep 27, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 27, 2010 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Sep 28, 2010 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Sep 28, 2010 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Sep 29, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Sep 29, 2010 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Sep 29, 2010 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Sep 29, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Nov 17, 2010 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Nov 17, 2010 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2010Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 576.
- Sep 21, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Sep 21, 2010Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8023 | Byron L. Dorgan D-ND | Nov 18, 2010 |
| Senate | Amendments S7757 | Ron Wyden D-OR (amendment) | Sep 29, 2010 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7411 | Byron L. Dorgan D-ND | Sep 23, 2010 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7303 | Harry Reid D-NV | Sep 22, 2010 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7300 | Edward E. Kaufman D-DE | Sep 21, 2010 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-751 | LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM119 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Sep 23, 2010 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45913 | Electricity Portfolio Standards: Background, Design Elements, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Oct 21, 2020 |
| R41720 | Clean Energy Standard: Design Elements, State Baseline Compliance and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | Mar 25, 2011 |
| R41493 | Options for a Federal Renewable Electricity Standard Archived | Report | Nov 12, 2010 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 4681 | No description on file | Ron Wyden D-OR | Senate amendment submitted |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 20 | Clean Energy Standard Act of 2010 | Related bill | Sep 29, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Renewable Electricity Promotion Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alaska
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Coal
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Land use and conservation
- Lighting and heating
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Nuclear power
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Solid waste and recycling
- Water quality
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2010Placed on Calendar Senate
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.
