3.0.0 2447 2022-11-01T13:50:06Z 2022-11-01T13:50:06Z Senate S 2019-09-09 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-09T22:07:31Z American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019 116 5335 HR 2019-12-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Related bill CRS 2019-09-09 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2019-09-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-09-09 True Energy Alternative and renewable resources Building construction Electric power generation and transmission Energy storage, supplies, demand Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Licensing and registrations Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations User charges and fees Energy 00 2019-09-09 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-27T16:28:41Z American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019

This bill establishes a process for expediting and standardizing the permitting process for certain distributed energy systems. The bill defines such systems as equipment or materials installed in, on, or near a building to support onsite or local energy use, such as solar energy, batteries, and charging systems for electrical vehicles.

Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish or designate a Distributed Energy Opportunity Board to carry out a voluntary program to (1) expedite the process for local permitting and inspection of qualifying distributed energy systems, and (2) facilitate the certification of distributed energy system installers.

In addition, DOE must recognize and certify communities as Distributed Energy Opportunity Communities if they adopt and implement a permit-to-build protocol that is established by the board. DOE may award grants to encourage communities to adopt the protocol and standardized inspection processes established by the board.

]]> American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019 Display Title American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish or designate the Distributed Energy Opportunity Board to carry out a program to facilitate a voluntary streamlined process for local permitting of distributed renewable energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle charging systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2447is/xml/BILLS-116s2447is.xml 2019-09-09 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.