Climate Solutions Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Climate Solutions Act of 2019
This bill establishes renewable energy standards, energy saving targets, and greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must promulgate regulations to increase the percentage of electricity sold in the United States that is generated from renewable sources. By 2035, 100% of electricity must be generated from renewable sources.
DOE must also promulgate regulations that set cumulative energy savings targets for retail electric energy and natural gas suppliers. The savings must be achieved through energy efficiency improvements. For electric energy suppliers, the targets must increase from .25% of sales in 2020 to 1.5% of sales in 2025 and each year thereafter through 2030. For natural gas suppliers, the target must increase from .25% of sales in 2020 to .5% of sales in 2025 and each year thereafter through 2030. Each year's savings must be in addition to the previous years' savings. DOE must allow suppliers to achieve the targets through a market-based trading system.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must promulgate annual emission reduction targets for each of 2030 through 2050 to ensure that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (1) in 2035 are at least 40% below those in 1990, and (2) in 2050 are at least 80% below those in 1990. The EPA must promulgate final regulations to implement those targets within seven years and review them at least every five years thereafter.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2019 to Dec 18, 2019, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jan 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jan 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Jan 14, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 14, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jan 17, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Energy
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government studies and investigations
- International law and treaties
- International organizations and cooperation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
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