3.0.0 548 2022-02-03T06:04:04Z 2022-02-03T06:04:04Z Senate S S 2009-03-09 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2009-04-22T17:35:40Z Referred to 2009-03-09T21:11:38Z 2009-04-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-28. Committee 2009-03-09 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2009-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-04-20 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-09-09 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Energy Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Housing industry and standards Industrial facilities Intergovernmental relations Judicial review and appeals Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Oil and gas Performance measurement Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations Energy 00 2009-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-14T21:25:00Z Save American Energy Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors.

Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a program to implement, enforce, review, and adjust performance standards for specified cumulative electricity and natural gas savings for 2012 through 2020; (2) promulgate regulations establishing performance standards for 2021 through 2030 and for subsequent years by specified deadlines; and (3) set such standards at levels reflecting the maximum achievable level of cost-effective energy efficiency potential, taking into account cost-effective energy savings achieved by leading retail electricity and natural gas distributors, opportunities for new codes and standard savings, technology improvements, and other indicators of cost-effective energy efficiency potential. Prohibits standards for any year from being lower than the standard for 2020.

Requires the Secretary, at 10-year intervals, to review and increase the most recent standards if additional cost-effective energy efficiency potential is achievable.

Requires each retail electricity and natural gas distributor to submit a report annually demonstrating that it has achieved required savings, which the Secretary shall review to verify that performance standards have been met. Authorizes distributors to use electricity or natural gas savings purchased from another distributor, a state, or a third party efficiency provider to meet such standards.

Provides for state administration of an energy efficiency program to meet the requirements of this Act.

Requires the Secretary to direct the state to correct deficiencies found in a review, and to report to the Secretary on progress not later than 180 days after the date of the receipt of review results.

Requires the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to submit a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the program established by this Act by July 1, 2017, and every 10 years thereafter.

]]> Save American Energy Act Short Titles as Introduced Save American Energy Act Display Title Save American Energy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-03-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s548is/xml/BILLS-111s548is.xml 2009-04-22 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-28. 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.