3.0.0 2196 2023-01-11T15:47:57Z 2023-01-11T15:47:57Z House H HR 2007-05-07 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-07T18:26:04Z Referred to 2007-05-07T16:31:05Z Knowledge Is Power Act 110 2171 HR 2007-05-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Identical bill CRS 2007-05-07 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2007-05-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 N M000133 Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] Edward Markey D MA J. 7 2007-05-07 True I000026 Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] JAY INSLEE D WA 1 2007-05-07 True H001037 Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D SD 0 2007-05-07 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-05-07 True Energy Alternative energy sources Biomass energy Coal Commerce Consumer education Electric power production Electric utilities Environmental Protection Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Hydroelectric power Landfills Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Municipal solid waste Natural gas Nuclear energy Ocean currents Ocean energy resources Refuse as fuel Solar energy State laws Water Resources Development Wind power Energy 00 2007-05-07 Introduced in House 2007-06-20T20:11:16Z Knowledge Is Power Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to disclose prominently on consumers' periodic billing statements the percentage mix of energy technologies and fuels used to generate the electricity sold within the distribution utility's distribution area.

Requires such disclosure to specify the percentage of electricity generated from coal, from gas, from nuclear, from any other fuel, and from any particular type of renewable energy (including solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean tidal, ocean wave, ocean current, ocean thermal, geothermal, municipal solid waste, or hydroelectric).

Declares compliance requirements inapplicable if before enactment of this Act: (1) the state has implemented for such utility the standard concerned, or a comparable one; (2) the state regulatory authority or relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider the standard's implementation; or (3) the state legislature has voted on its implementation.

]]> Knowledge Is Power Act Display Title Knowledge Is Power Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for disclosure to consumers of the fuels and sources of electric energy purchased from electric utilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Knowledge Is Power Act Introduced in House 2007-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2196ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2196ih.xml 2007-05-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.