3.0.0 630 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z Senate S S 2011-03-17 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-07-11T19:54:24Z Markup by 2011-05-26T17:48:08Z Hearings by 2011-03-31T13:00:00Z Referred to 2011-03-17T20:13:51Z S. Rept. 112-31 Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 112 2994 HR 2012-09-19 PERMISSION TO BE ADDED AS A COSPONSOR - Ms. Bonamici asked unanimous consent that she be added as a cosponsor of H.R. 2994 since the original sponsor is no longer a Member of Congress. Agreed to without objection. 19:03:01 Related bill CRS 2011-07-11 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98. Calendars 2011-07-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 112-31. Committee 2011-07-11 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 112-31. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2011-05-26 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2011-03-31 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-26. Committee 2011-03-17 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2011-03-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1841-1842) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-03-17 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-04-14 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-06-27 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-06-27 False Energy Alternative and renewable resources Energy research Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Research administration and funding Research and development Energy 00 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-23T22:18:20Z Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the program of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technology research, development, demonstration, and commercial application to: (1) apply advanced systems engineering and system integration methods to identify critical interfaces and develop open standards for marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy; (2) transfer the resulting environmental data to industry stakeholders as public information through published interface definitions, standards, and demonstration projects; and (3) develop incentives for industry to comply with such standards.

Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to award competitive grants to support modifying or constructing three or more geographically dispersed marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technology research, development, and demonstration test facilities for the demonstration of multiple technologies in actual operating environments.

Renames the "National Marine Renewable Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Centers" as the "National Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Centers" and expands their research and clearinghouse duties to include hydrokinetic as well as marine renewable energy research. Authorizes such Centers to serve as technology test facilities.

Requires the Secretary to establish a marine-based energy device verification program to provide a bridge from the marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy capture device design and development efforts underway across the industry to commercial deployment of such devices.

Requires the Secretary to establish a grant program to: (1) advance the development of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy; (2) help fund the costs of environmental analysis affecting the deployment of marine hydrokinetic devices; (3) help eligible entities to collect the types of environmental data that are required when working in a public resource, monitor the impacts of demonstration projects, and make the resulting information available for dissemination to aid future projects; and (4) help fund the cost of advancing renewable marine and hydrokinetic technologies in ocean and riverine environments from demonstration projects to development and deployment.

Authorizes appropriations for marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies through FY2014.

Revises the meaning of "renewable energy project" to exclude Alaska small hydroelectric power.

]]> 01 2011-07-11 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2011-10-26T14:20:31Z Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the program of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technology research, development, demonstration, and commercial application to: (1) apply advanced systems engineering and system integration methods to identify critical interfaces and develop open standards for marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy; (2) transfer the resulting environmental data to industry stakeholders as public information through published interface definitions, standards, and demonstration projects; and (3) develop incentives for industry to comply with such standards.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to award competitive grants to support modifying or constructing four or more geographically dispersed marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technology research, development, and demonstration test facilities for the demonstration of multiple technologies in operating marine environments (including industry demonstrations). Requires the Secretary to give preference to existing marine and hydrokinetic testing facilities and existing Centers established by this Act in awarding competitive grants. Establishes eligibility requirements for grant applicants.

(Sec. 4) Renames the "National Marine Renewable Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Centers" as the "National Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Centers." Authorizes such Centers to serve as technology test facilities.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to establish a marine-based energy device verification program to provide a bridge from the marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy capture device design and development efforts underway across the industry to commercial deployment of such devices. Specifies that the purposes of such program are to fund, facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy projects to: (1) increase marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy experience; and (2) build and operate enough candidate devices to obtain statistically significant operating and maintenance data. Requires such program's objectives to include: (1) verifying the performance, reliability, maintainability, and cost of new marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy device designs and system components in an operating environment; (2) providing states, regulators, utilities, and other stakeholders with a valid opportunity to test and evaluate marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technology in new areas; (3) documenting and communicating the experience from such projects for the benefit of utilities, independent power producers, other nonutility generators, device suppliers, and others in the marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy development community; and (4) resolving environmental issues through robust characterization, reliable impact prediction, effective monitoring, development, and use of adaptive management and informing engineering design to improve environmental performance.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to establish a grant program to: (1) advance the development of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy; (2) help fund the costs of environmental analysis affecting the deployment of marine hydrokinetic devices; (3) help eligible entities collect the types of environmental data that are required when working in a public resource, monitor the impacts of demonstration projects, and make the resulting information available for dissemination to aid future projects; and (4) help fund the cost of advancing renewable marine and hydrokinetic technologies in ocean and riverine environments from demonstration projects to development and deployment.

(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations for marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies through FY2013.

(Sec. 9) Expands the meaning of "renewable energy project" to include a project that generates electricity from small hydroelectric power (currently limited to Alaska small hydroelectric power).

Requires the Secretary, in making grants to carry out renewable energy projects, to give priority to applicants that: (1) have power costs that are 125% or more of average national retail costs; and (2) will use the grant to construct renewable electricity projects to replace or partially replace fossil fuel projects.

]]> Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 Display Title Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2011-07-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s630rs/xml/BILLS-112s630rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s630is/xml/BILLS-112s630is.xml 2011-07-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98. 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.