3.0.0 1359 2022-02-09T01:57:04Z 2022-02-09T09:51:50Z Senate S 2019-05-08 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-08T15:20:24Z Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019 116 2597 HR 2019-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-08 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2745-2746) IntroReferral 2019-05-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-05-08 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-05-08 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-05-08 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-05-08 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-06-26 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advanced technology and technological innovations Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Business records Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Department of Energy Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy prices Energy research Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Environmental technology Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Intergovernmental relations Oil and gas Public utilities and utility rates Research and development Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Energy 00 2019-05-08 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-02T17:24:09Z Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019

This bill addresses clean energy standards.

Among other things, the bill

  • requires retail electricity suppliers to sell a certain quantity of clean electric energy;
  • establishes a federal clean energy credit trading program;
  • subjects retail electricity suppliers to civil penalties for noncompliance with requirements;
  • establishes a state energy efficiency, clean energy deployment, and electric bill reduction program;
  • requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to facilitate coordination between the federal clean energy program and state clean and renewable energy programs;
  • requires the National Academy of Sciences to periodically evaluate all aspects of the federal clean energy standard; and
  • directs DOE to establish a program for the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of clean energy technologies and portfolios.
]]> Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019 Display Title Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a market-oriented standard for clean electric energy generation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1359is/xml/BILLS-116s1359is.xml 2019-05-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2745-2746) 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.