3.0.0 2076 2023-01-11T20:27:47Z 2023-01-11T20:27:47Z Senate S S 2007-09-20 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-20T20:24:59Z 2007-09-20 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11857-11859) IntroReferral 2007-09-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N Energy Administrative procedure Alternative energy sources Department of Energy Electric power production Electric power transmission Electric vehicles Energy conservation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Government vehicles Housing and Community Development Independent regulatory commissions Law Power marketing administrations Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Solar energy Technological innovations Tennessee Valley Authority Transportation and Public Works Wind power Energy 00 2007-09-20 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-24T20:41:41Z Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to require the President to designate as national renewable energy zones specified areas that have the potential to generate 1 gigawatt of electricity from renewable energy, a significant portion of which could be generated in a rural area or on federal land. Prohibits the President from including in such zones specified federal land that is subject to protective management policies that are inconsistent with energy development.

Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to promulgate regulations to ensure that: (1) specified public utility transmission providers that finance renewable electricity connection facilities in such zones recover incurred costs and a reasonable return on equity associated with the new transmission capacity; and (2) not less than 75% of the capacity of specified high-voltage transmission facilities and lines is used for electricity from renewable energy.

Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the financing of a renewable energy trunkline and renewable electricity connection facilities; (2) the identification of renewable electricity connection facilities that are required to substantially increase the generation of electricity from renewable energy; and (3) the promotion of energy conservation and renewable energy electric resource development by federal transmitting utilities.

Requires the Bonneville Power Administration and the Western Area Power Administration to establish: (1) a program focusing on improving the integration of wind energy into their transmission grids; and (2) a joint program focusing on the development and integration of geothermal energy resources into their grids, as well as non-grid, distributed applications in their service territories.

Requires the Federal Power Administrations and the Tennessee Valley Authority to establish a program focusing on integrating solar energy into their grids and into remote and distributed applications in their service territories.

Requires the federal transmitting utilities to undertake geographically diverse projects within their respective service territories to acquire and demonstrate electric and hybrid vehicles and related technologies as part of their fleets of vehicles.

Requires such programs to develop technology and devices to use electricity from renewable energy sources as the main fuel source for vehicles.

]]> Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the President to designate certain geographical areas as national renewable energy zones, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act Short Titles as Introduced Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act Introduced in Senate 2007-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2076is/xml/BILLS-110s2076is.xml 2007-09-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11857-11859) 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.