Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 9, 2019 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
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.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Energy to award grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, and designing energy storage and microgrid projects that rely on renewable energy. (A microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that acts as a single controllable entity and that can connect and disconnect from the grid to operate in grid-connected or island mode.)
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2019 to Jul 10, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Apr 11, 2019 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jul 10, 2019 |
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 Apr 11, 2019 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 9, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
- Apr 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Apr 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 2
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. 116-333 | THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY INNOVATION TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS185 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 25, 2019 |
| S. Hrg. 116-327 | PENDING LEGISLATION72 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 9, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4447 | Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act | Related bill | Oct 19, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish an energy storage and microgrid grant and technical assistance program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2019Introduced 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.
