[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2973. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title of title III, add the 
     following:

                     PART V--RENEWABLE ENERGY STUDY

     SEC. 3021. GAO STUDY ON INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF 
                   ELECTRICITY PRODUCED USING RENEWABLE ENERGY.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a study that 
     describes the costs of increasing, by 2040, the percentage of 
     electricity generated using renewable energy (including 
     hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, wood, wood waste, 
     biogenic municipal waste, landfill gas, and other biomass) by 
     each of the following percentages:
       (1) 25 percent.
       (2) 35 percent.
       (3) 50 percent.
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