Reducing the Cost of Energy Storage Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 5, 2017 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-493.
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 27, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reducing the Cost of Energy Storage Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to research and develop ways to reduce the cost of energy storage, including by (1) facilitating innovation in the manner in which energy storage systems are conceived, designed, manufactured, installed, and used for various energy services; and (2) identifying, addressing, and reducing market barriers that limit energy storage adoption.
As part of its research and development, DOE must pay special attention to energy storage needs and opportunities that are relatively underdeveloped and potentially transformative for the electric grid.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2017 to Oct 4, 2017; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Sep 27, 2017 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Sep 27, 2017 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Oct 4, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2017 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Hearings Dec 5, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-493.
- Sep 27, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Sep 27, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6188)
In the Congressional Record 1
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.
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. 115-493 | PENDING LEGISLATION56 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Dec 5, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1741 | Reducing the Cost of Energy Storage Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 9, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to advance energy storage deployment by reducing the cost of energy storage through research, development, and demonstration, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Reducing the Cost of Energy Storage Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Congressional oversight
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy prices
- Energy research
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Lighting and heating
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Public-private cooperation
- Research and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2017Introduced in 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.
