3.0.0 1974 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z Senate S 2019-06-26 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-26T17:29:42Z 2019-06-26 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2019-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-06-26 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-06-26 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-06-26 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-06-26 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-07-15 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-08-01 False Energy Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Dams and canals Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental health Forests, forestry, trees Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Indian lands and resources rights Mining Public utilities and utility rates Solid waste and recycling Unemployment Energy 00 2019-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-22T17:22:52Z Renewable Electricity Standard Act

This bill requires retail electric suppliers to generate a significant amount of electricity from renewable energy resources.

The Department of Energy must establish a program to (1) verify and issue federal renewable energy credits to generators of renewable energy; (2) track the sale, exchange, and retirement of the credits; and (3) enforce the federal renewable energy credits program.

The bill prescribes rules for federal renewable energy credit trading and for borrowing and repayment of federal renewable energy credits.

The bill establishes a state renewable energy account to provide grants for promoting renewable energy production and providing energy assistance and weatherization services to low-income consumers.

]]> Renewable Electricity Standard Act Display Title Renewable Electricity Standard Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Renewable Electricity Standard Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1974is/xml/BILLS-116s1974is.xml 2019-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.