3.0.0 5692 2021-09-28T21:48:02Z 2021-09-28T21:48:02Z House H HR 2010-07-01 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-01T14:03:50Z Solar Opportunity and Local Access Rights Act 111 2895 HR 2009-06-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2010-07-01 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-07-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000026 Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] JAY INSLEE D WA 1 N B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2010-07-01 True E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2010-07-01 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2010-07-01 True H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27] Brian Higgins D NY 27 2010-07-01 True H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2010-07-14 False M001140 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] DENNIS MOORE D KS 3 2010-07-20 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2010-07-20 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2010-09-14 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2010-09-14 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2010-09-29 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative and renewable resources Department of Energy Electric power generation and transmission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Federal preemption Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations Energy 00 2010-07-01 Introduced in House 2010-09-01T21:21:02Z Americans Making Power Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require each state regulatory authority, and each nonregulated electric utility, to adopt the net metering standard established in this Act unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) determines that the net metering requirement in effect for such state complies with the federal standard. Establishes that net metering standard and related requirements.

Requires retail electric suppliers to make net metering available to customer-generators on a first-come-first-served basis.

Directs FERC to: (1) publish model standards for the physical connection between local distribution systems and qualified generation units; and (2) modify its Small Generator Interconnection Procedures to expedite permitting of qualified generation units up to 2,000 kilowatts

Directs FERC to promulgate regulations to ensure that simplified contracts will be used for the interconnection of qualified generation units by a retail electric supplier or local distribution company

]]> Americans Making Power Act Short Titles as Introduced Americans Making Power Act Display Title Americans Making Power Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to promote energy independence and self-sufficiency by providing for the use of net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2010-07-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5692ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5692ih.xml 2010-07-01 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.