3.0.0 3224 2020-01-29T20:30:04Z 2020-01-29T20:30:04Z Senate S S 2008-07-07 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-07T19:52:30Z 2008-07-07 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2008-07-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-07-07 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-07-07 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-07-07 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2008-07-07 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-07-07 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-07-22 False Energy Commerce Energy efficiency Housing and Community Development Rebates Solar energy Energy 00 2008-07-07 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-02T21:49:23Z 10 Million-Solar Roofs Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide rebates (for each watt of installed capacity) to eligible individuals or entities for the purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems, over a 10-year period, of at least an additional 10 million solar systems in the United States with a cumulative capacity of at least 30,000 megawatts.

Provides eligibility requirements for homeowners, businesses, nonprofit entities, and state and local governments. Sets minimum Energy Star or equivalent ratings that must be achieved by the buildings for which the photovoltaic system is installed.

Limits the total amount of a rebate to 50 percent of the purchase and installation cost of the system.

]]> 10 Million-Solar Roofs Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced 10 Million-Solar Roofs Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and installation of an additional 10,000,000 photovoltaic systems by 2018. Display Title 10 Million-Solar Roofs Act of 2008 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3224is/xml/BILLS-110s3224is.xml 2008-07-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.