ELECTRIC POWER see also Power Resources

Amendments

Canton, CT: transfer and reinstate hydroelectric licenses and extend deadline for commencement of construction of certain FERC projects (H.R. 316), S2351 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H4142 [27JN]

Canton, CT: transfer and reinstate hydroelectric licenses and extend deadline for commencement of construction of certain FERC projects (see H.R. 316), H176 [18JA]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see S. 1802), S8668 [11DE] (see H.R. 1038), H1330 [11MR]

Conservation of energy: encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings (see S. 1206), S4793 [20JN]

——— establish a grant program to assist retail power providers with establishment and operation of energy conservation programs using targeted residential tree-planting (see H.R. 1807), H2392 [26AP]

——— incorporate smart grid capability into Energy Star Program, reduce peak electric demand, and reauthorize energy efficiency public information program to include smart grid information (see H.R. 2685), H4483 [11JY]

——— provide for utilizing energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 1659), H2159 [18AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (see H.R. 2803), H4978 [23JY]

——— establish Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program (see H.R. 2128), H2952 [23MY]

——— make transparent direct and indirect costs incurred by power marketing administrations for compliance with environmental laws impacting fish and wildlife conservation (see H.R. 2162), H2953 [23MY]

——— promote alternative fuel vehicle deployment and infrastructure development (see S. 1230), S5264 [26JN]

——— provide guidance on utility energy service contracts used by Federal agencies (see S. 1652), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 3587), H7353 [21NO]

——— provide incentives to assist energy policy innovation in States in order to double electric and thermal energy productivity by a certain date (see S. 1209), S4793 [20JN] (see S. 1218), S5149 [25JN]

——— reauthorize weatherization and State energy programs (see S. 1213), S4793 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see H.R. 3548), H7309 [20NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic pulses (see H.R. 3410), H6952 [30OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Office of Public Advocate (see H.R. 1533), H1991 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (see S. 25), S42 [22JA] (see H.R. 251), H168 [15JA]

——— establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands (see H.R. 1394), H1825 [21MR]

Ecology and environment: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (see H.R. 271), H169 [15JA]

EPA: apply emission limits to hydrogen chloride and sulfur dioxide emitted by electric utility steam generating units that use circulating fluidized bed technology to convert coal refuse into energy (see H.R. 3138), H5765 [19SE]

——— disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants (see H.J. Res. 64), H5833 [25SE]

——— prohibit foreign travel by the Administrator until holding of public listening sessions on rulemaking on carbon dioxide emissions from powerplants in States with high percentage of electricity generated by coal (see H.R. 3684), H7627 [10DE]

——— prohibit imposing carbon dioxide emissions standards on fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units until carbon capture and storage is technologically and economically feasible (see H.R. 2127), H2952 [23MY] (see H.R. 3140), H5765 [19SE] (see H.R. 3727), H8107 [12DE]

——— require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (see H.R. 2948), H5343 [1AU]

Federal agencies and departments: improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 2689), H4522 [16JY]

——— reduce expenditures associated with data center real estate and electricity consumption, implement savings reductions proposed by Federal employees, and reduce energy costs (see H.R. 472), H341 [4FE]

FERC: establish a regional transmission planning process (see H.R. 2762), H4825 [19JY]

——— permit States to exempt projects from certain considerations in issuing licenses for such projects (see H.R. 1235), H1567 [18MR]

Hydroelectric power: improve (see S. 545), S1785 [13MR] (see H.R. 267), H169 [15JA]

——— promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (see S. 1419), S6206 [1AU]

Idaho: reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls Reservoir (see S. 276), S590 [11FE]

——— reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Little Wood River Ranch (see S. 275), S590 [11FE]

Motor vehicles: provide regulatory parity for alternative fuel vehicles (see S. 1355), S5907 [24JY]

National Lineman Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 95), S2564 [10AP] (see H. Res. 25), H85 [14JA]

National objectives: provide for an independent assessment of the future resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system (see H.R. 2962), H5344 [1AU]

Native Americans: settle claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see S. 1448), S6207 [1AU]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see S. 363), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 2004), H2654 [15MY]

——— eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production and extend certain renewable energy tax incentives (see S. 329), S772 [14FE]

——— enhance energy security, reduce dependence on imported oil, improve energy efficiency of transportation sector, and reduce emissions through expansion of grid supported transportation (see H.R. 2075), H2838 [21MY]

——— facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (see S. 1401), S6126 [31JY]

——— protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 2417), H3758 [18JN]

——— reduce energy waste, strengthen system resiliency, increase industrial competitiveness, and allow certain entities to implement systems that recover and use waste heat and renewable energy (see S. 1205), S4792 [20JN]

——— require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (see H.R. 3301), H6674 [22OC]

——— secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission (see H.R. 2081), H2838 [21MY]

Public buildings: encourage increased use of performance contracting in Federal facilities (see S. 1308), S5708 [16JY]

——— improve energy performance in Federal buildings (see S. 1020), S3761 [22MY] (see S. 1199), S4792 [20JN]

Renewable energy: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard (see S. 1595), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 3654), H7507 [4DE]

——— establish a Federal renewable electricity standard and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural gas suppliers (see S. 1627), S7728 [31OC]

——— facilitate development of offshore wind energy resources (see H.R. 1398), H1825 [21MR]

——— facilitate development of wind energy resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 1375), H1824 [21MR]

Rural Electrification Act: amend (see H.R. 1639), H2158 [18AP]

Taxation: allow Indian tribal governments to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources (see H.R. 1602), H2123 [17AP]

——— expand technologies through which a vehicle qualifies for the credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (see S. 906), S3256 [8MY]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1427 [14MR]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1859), S9051 [19DE]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 795), S2960 [24AP] (see H.R. 1696), H2297 [24AP]

——— modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 2971), H5344 [1AU]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see S. Con. Res. 4), S329 [28JA] (see H. Con. Res. 8), H170 [15JA]

——— phasedown the credit for electricity produced from wind (see H.R. 2987), H5396 [2AU]

——— prohibit the Dept. of the Treasury and EPA from establishing or implementing a carbon tax (see H.R. 1486), H1955 [11AP]

——— provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see S. 1030), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 1465), H1908 [10AP]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 401), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 924), H815 [28FE]

——— provide tax incentives for producing electricity from wasted heat (see H.R. 2972), H5344 [1AU]

——— provide that solar energy property need not be located on the property to which it is generating electricity to qualify for residential energy efficient property credit (see S. 1225), S5264 [26JN]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 259), H168 [15JA]

Virgin Islands: provide energy crisis relief (see H.R. 92), H30 [3JA]

Letters

Public Power Risk Management Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3308 [12JN]

——— Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, H3308 [12JN]

Tax deduction improvement and extension for new and existing energy-efficient commercial buildings: several organizations, S6563 [18SE]

Remarks in House

Baker and O’Brien, Inc.: anniversary, E83 [4FE]

Blizzards: disaster assistance to South Dakota, H6350 [8OC], H6428 [9OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: require small conduit hydropower projects to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, H1879, H1881–H1884 [10AP]

California: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2114 [17AP]

Canton, CT: transfer and reinstate hydroelectric licenses and extend deadline for commencement of construction of certain FERC projects (H.R. 316), H441, H442 [12FE]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (H.R. 1038), H3307–H3309 [12JN]

Coal: importance to national energy policy, H2108–H2114 [17AP]

Conservation of energy: provide for utilizing energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (H.R. 1659), H2311 [25AP]

——— repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, H4322 [10JY]

Dept. of Energy: electricity delivery and energy reliability funding through reductions in administration accounts funding, H4272 [9JY]

——— establish Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program (H.R. 2128), H7267 [20NO]

——— prohibit funding for Western Area Power Administration Transmission Infrastructure Program borrowing authority, H4346, H4347 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement certain memorandums on power marketing administrations, H4339, H4340 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement rules regarding ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits, H4326 [10JY]

——— research and development funding, H2279 [24AP]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (H.R. 251), H3264, H3265 [11JN]

——— establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands, H7214 [19NO]

——— establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands (H.R. 1394), H2282 [24AP]

——— include Federal lands as part of plan to address new demands for oil and gas pipelines and transmission lines, H7228, H7229 [19NO], H7288 [20NO]

Ecology and environment: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (H.R. 271), H2281 [24AP], H2898, H2899 [22MY]

Federated Rural Electric (company): National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Community Service Award for Community Investment recipient, E538 [24AP]

Habersham Electric Membership Corp.: anniversary, H4863 [23JY]

Hydroelectric power: improve, H2237 [23AP]

——— improve (H.R. 267), H439–H441 [12FE]

Indiana: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2112 [17AP]

Jackson Electric Membership Corp.: anniversary, H5493 [11SE]

Kentucky: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2108, H2112 [17AP]

Ludington, MI: anniversary of Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, H4319 [10JY]

Missouri: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2108, H2111 [17AP]

Montana: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2113 [17AP]

Motor vehicles: provide incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles and increase investment in advanced vehicle technology, development, and manufacturing, H1962 [12AP]

National Electrical Lineworker Appreciation Day: observance, E1102 [19JY]

National Lineman Appreciation Day: designate (H. Res. 25), E490 [18AP]

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: tribute to Electric Cooperative Youth Tour, H3933 [20JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H5078–H5083 [25JY]

Pennsylvania: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2112, H2113 [17AP]

Power resources: encourage investment in smart grid technologies, H2492 [8MY]

——— importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H5581–H5586 [17SE]

——— national energy policy, H181, H185 [22JA], H553 [15FE], H1345 [12MR], H1628 [19MR], H1894–H1897 [10AP], H2236–H2238 [23AP], H2277–H2283 [24AP], H3028 [4JN], H3696 [18JN], H4002 [25JN], H4848 [22JY], H4866 [23JY], H4983, H4990 [24JY], H6666 [22OC], E1242 [2AU]

Public buildings: provide for energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts utilization, H3219 [6JN]

Roanoke Electric Cooperative: anniversary, E1538 [22OC]

Taxation: extend production tax credit for wind power, H1894 [10AP], H7114 [15NO]

——— provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (H.R. 1465), E1821 [10DE]

West Virginia: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2110, H2113 [17AP]

Wyoming: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2114 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S34–S36 [22JA], S5608 [10JY], S5727, S5748 [17JY]

Blizzards: disaster assistance to South Dakota, S7341 [9OC], S7402 [11OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, S6564–S6567 [18SE]

Conservation of energy: encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings, S6414 [12SE]

Dept. of Energy: create a market-oriented standard for clean electric energy generation, S2827 [22AP]

——— evaluate programs to eliminate wasteful Government spending, S2137 [21MR]

——— improve efficiency standards and allow continued manufacture of grid-enabled water heaters for use in electric thermal storage or demand response programs, S6499 [17SE]

——— promote alternative fuel vehicle deployment and infrastructure development (S. 1230), S5270 [26JN]

——— study and report on standby usage power standards implemented by States and other industrialized nations, S6356, S6357 [11SE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (H.R. 251), S5623 [10JY]

——— convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (S. 25), S4717 [19JN]

East Cleveland, OH: anniversary of General Electric Co., National Electric Lamp Company (NELA) Park, S2794 [18AP]

Ecology and environment: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (H.R. 271), S3879 [23MY], S3887 [3JN]

——— manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, S5608 [10JY]

Hydroelectric power: improve (H.R. 267), S6188, S6189, S6257 [1AU], S6350 [11SE]

——— improve (S. 545), S1787 [13MR]

——— promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (S. 1419), S6211–S6213 [1AU]

Idaho: reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls Reservoir (S. 276), S4717 [19JN]

National Lineman Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 95), S2569 [10AP]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (S. 363), S784 [14FE]

——— extend certain renewable energy tax incentives, S8992 [19DE]

——— importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, S5787–S5790 [18JY]

——— national energy policy, S2836 [22AP], S3889 [3JN], S4438–S4440 [13JN], S5204 [26JN], S5787–S5790 [18JY]

Public buildings: encourage increased use of performance contracting in Federal facilities, S6436 [12SE]

——— improve energy performance in Federal buildings, S6499, S6500 [17SE]

Renewable energy: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard, S6422 [12SE]

——— establish a Federal renewable electricity standard and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural gas suppliers (S. 1627), S7730 [31OC]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), S8988–S8993, S9069 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), unanimous-consent request, S8987 [19DE]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, S20 [4JA], S8949 [18DE], S9022 [19DE]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, S6437 [12SE]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (S. 795), S2827 [22AP], S3014–S3016 [25AP], S7855 [6NO]

——— impose carbon tax, S2447 [8AP]

——— improve and extend deduction for new and existing energy-efficient commercial buildings, S6562 [18SE]

——— provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (S. 1030), S3847 [23MY]

Reports filed

American Falls Reservoir Hydroelectric Project Deadline for Commencement of Construction Reinstatement and Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 276) (S. Rept. 113–24), S2844 [22AP]

Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 316) (H. Rept. 113–7), H341 [4FE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 316) (S. Rept. 113–69), S5498 [27JN]

Geothermal Production Expansion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 363) (S. Rept. 113–72), S5686 [15JY]

Hydropower Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 545), S3371 [13MY]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 545) (S. Rept. 113–36), S3905 [3JN]

Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 267) (H. Rept. 113–6), H341 [4FE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 267), S3371 [13MY]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 267) (S. Rept. 113–38), S3905 [3JN]

Planning for American Energy Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1394) (H. Rept. 113–199), H5475 [10SE]

Public Power Risk Management Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1038) (H. Rept. 113–107), H3355 [12JN]

Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 271) (H. Rept. 113–86), H2802 [20MY]

South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 25) (S. Rept. 113–15), S2844 [22AP]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 251) (H. Rept. 113–78), H2773 [17MY]

Texts of

H.R. 251, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, H3264 [11JN]

H.R. 267, Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, H439 [12FE]

H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act, H2898 [22MY]

H.R. 316, Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act, H441 [12FE]

H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act, H3307 [12JN]

S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, S4717 [19JN]

S. 276, American Falls Reservoir hydroelectric project deadline for commencement of construction reinstatement and extension, S4720 [19JN]

S. 363, Geothermal Production Expansion Act, S784 [14FE]

S. 1030, Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act, S3848 [23MY]

S. 1230, Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act, S5270–S5272 [26JN]

S. 1419, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act, S6213 [1AU]

S. 1652, Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement Act, S7830 [5NO]

S. 1859, Tax Extenders Act, S9054–S9058 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 4, oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation, S333 [28JA]

S. Res. 95, National Lineman Appreciation Day, S2568 [10AP]