3.0.0 1044 2023-01-11T13:27:27Z 2023-01-11T13:27:27Z Senate S 2015-04-22 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-04-30T20:28:49Z Referred to 2015-04-22T17:11:50Z E-Access Act 114 1980 HR 2015-04-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Identical bill CRS Related bill CRS American Energy Innovation Act 114 2089 S 2015-09-29 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241. Related bill CRS 2015-04-30 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-04-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Department of Energy Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy prices Energy 00 2015-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-13T18:44:37Z Access to Consumer Energy Information Act or the E-Access Act

Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to encourage and support the adoption of policies that allow electricity consumers access to their own electricity data.

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize state energy conservation plans to include programs that: (1) enhance consumer access to, and understanding of, energy usage and price information, including consumers' own residential and commercial electricity information; and (2) allow for development and adoption of innovative products and services to assist consumers in managing energy consumption and expenditures.

Directs the Secretary to issue voluntary guidelines, meeting specified criteria, which establish model standards to implement retail electric energy information access in states.

Authorizes states to submit to the Secretary a description of their data sharing policies regarding consumer access to electric energy information for DOE certification that they meet such voluntary guidelines.

Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriations, to make federal funds available to assist any DOE-certified state to implement its energy conservation plan.

]]> E-Access Act Display Title E-Access Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance consumer access to electricity information and allow for the adoption of innovative products and services to help consumers manage their energy usage. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced E-Access Act Short Titles as Introduced Access to Consumer Energy Information Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1044is/xml/BILLS-114s1044is.xml 2015-04-30 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.