3.0.0 156 2023-01-11T13:28:53Z 2023-01-11T13:28:53Z Senate S 2015-01-13 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-13T19:47:42Z Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2015 114 4035 HR 2015-11-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Related bill CRS Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2015 114 3682 HR 2016-09-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Related bill CRS 2015-01-13 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-01-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-01-13 True Environmental Protection Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Economic performance and conditions Electric power generation and transmission Energy prices Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Government studies and investigations State and local government operations Environmental Protection 00 2015-01-13 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-03T19:41:38Z Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2015

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit a report to Congress and the Department of Energy (DOE) before promulgating a final rule that regulates any aspect of the production, supply, distribution, or use of energy and that is estimated by the EPA or the Office of Management and Budget to impose aggregate costs of more than $1 billion. The report must contain: (1) an estimate of the total costs and benefits of the rule, (2) an estimate of the increases in energy prices that may result from implementation or enforcement of the rule, and (3) a detailed description of the employment effects that may result from implementation or enforcement of the rule.

DOE must: (1) prepare an independent analysis to determine whether the rule will cause any increase in energy prices for consumers, any impact on fuel diversity of the nation's electricity generation portfolio or on electric reliability, or any adverse effect on energy supply, distribution, or use; and (2) determine whether the rule will cause significant adverse effects to the economy and publish the determination.

The EPA may not promulgate the final rule if DOE determines that the rule will cause significant adverse effects to the economy.

The EPA may not use the social cost of carbon in any cost-benefit analysis relating to an energy-related rule estimated to cost more than $1 billion unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such use. The social cost of carbon is an estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year.

]]> Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2015 Display Title Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating as final certain energy-related rules that are estimated to cost more than $1,000,000,000 and will cause significant adverse effects to the economy. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s156is/xml/BILLS-114s156is.xml 2015-01-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.