3.0.0 1283 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z Senate S 2015-05-11 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-05-19T21:05:32Z Referred to 2015-05-11T22:59:43Z North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 114 2012 S 2016-09-08 Conference held. 14:37:58 Related bill CRS 2015-05-19 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2015-05-11 True Energy Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Electric power generation and transmission Energy research Environmental technology Performance measurement Research and development Energy 00 2015-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-22T20:42:29Z This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal: (1) the coal and related technologies program; (2) the carbon capture research, development and demonstration program; and (3) the Clean Coal Power Initiative.

In lieu of those programs the Department of Energy (DOE) shall establish a coal technology program encompassing: (1) research and development, (2) large-scale pilot projects, and (3) demonstration projects.

DOE must develop performance standards that include:

  • ensuring reliable, low cost power from new and existing coal plants;
  • addressing carbon dioxide emissions through high efficiency platforms and carbon capture from new and existing coal plants;
  • support flexible baseload operations for new and existing applications of coal generation; and
  • validate geologic storage of large volumes of anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide and the infrastructure needed to support a carbon dioxide use and storage industry.
]]> A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal certain programs, to establish a coal technology program, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal certain programs, to establish a coal technology program, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal certain programs, to establish a coal technology program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1283is/xml/BILLS-114s1283is.xml 2015-05-19 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.