S 3923 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Let the States Innovate on Sustainable Energy Act of 2010

Introduced Sep 29, 2010 Originated Senate Sponsor Bernard Sanders I-VT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 29, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 29, 2010
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Let the States Innovate on Sustainable Energy Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to allow a state legislature or regulatory authority to set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a state-approved production incentive program under which the facility voluntarily sells electric energy and an electric utility is required to purchase such energy at a specified rate.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2010 to Nov 17, 2010, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 29, 2010
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalSep 29, 2010
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalSep 29, 2010
D-IATom HarkinOriginalSep 29, 2010
D-FLBill NelsonNov 17, 2010

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 29, 2010Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 29, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 29, 2010Introduced in Senate

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