SOLAR ENERGY see also Power Resources

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Energy: authorize Energy Innovation Hubs (see H.R. 1870), H2307 [16AP]

——— provide loans and grants for solar installations in low-income and underserved areas (see S. 1713), S4686 [7JY] (see H.R. 3041), H5116 [13JY]

——— study impact of solar net energy metering (see H.R. 3852), H7331 [28OC]

Depts. of Energy and Labor: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 1503), H1803 [19MR]

Public utilities: promote safe and reliable interconnection and net billing for community solar facilities (see S. 1723), S4952 [9JY]

Renewable energy: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural gas suppliers (see H.R. 3426), H5768 [29JY]

——— promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see S. 1407), S3183 [20MY] (see H.R. 2663), H3913 [4JN]

Taxation: allow allocation of certain renewable energy tax credits to Indian tribes (see S. 1749), S5008 [13JY] (see H.R. 3043), H5117 [13JY]

——— extend certain expiring energy tax incentives (see S. 2391), S8602 [10DE]

——— extend investment tax credits for residential and commercial energy efficient property and clean energy technologies (see H.R. 2412), H3386 [19MY]

——— extend tax credit for solar energy property (see H.R. 3900, 3907), H7623 [3NO]

——— extend the residential energy efficient property tax credit (see S. 1755), S5061 [14JY]

Factsheets

Powering America With More Than 50 Percent Clean Energy by 2030: NextGen Climate (organization), S6096 [29JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H4126, H4127 [10JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorize Energy Innovation Hubs, H3456 [20MY]

——— study impact of solar net energy metering (H.R. 3852), H7196 [27OC]

——— tribute to Solar Ready Vets program to train veterans for jobs in solar industry, H2366 [22AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding for Green Management Programs key renewable energy projects, H2619 [29AP]

Executive Office of the President: initiative to increase access to solar energy and expand training and education for jobs in the solar industry, H4878 [8JY]

Florida International University: tribute to partnership with Florida Power and Light Co., to provide cleaner energy, H4237 [11JN]

Mann Plumbing, Inc.: tribute to Mann Plumbing/MPI Solar, E1545 [27OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, H6825 [6OC]

——— promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, H9361–H9364 [16DE]

——— promote clean energy technology and energy efficiency in order to combat effects of climate change, lower energy prices, and increase national security, H6953, H6954 [9OC]

Public utilities: promote safe and reliable interconnection and net billing for community solar facilities, H8958 [2DE]

Stevens Institute of Technology: tribute to solar decathlon team, E1656 [19NO]

Taxation: extend energy credit for solar projects under construction, H8252 [17NO]

——— extend investment tax credits for residential and commercial energy efficient property and clean energy technologies, H9212 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Energy: provide rebates for the purchase and installation of new solar energy systems, S518 [27JA], S568 [28JA]

Hawaii: tribute to efforts to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy technologies, S7203 [7OC]

Power resources: promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, S7202, S7203 [7OC]

——— promote renewable energy technologies, S6283 [4AU], S8000 [17NO]

Taxation: extend certain expiring energy tax incentives (S. 2391), S8607–S8609 [10DE]

——— extend certain solar and wind energy tax credits, S8581 [10DE], S8659 [15DE], S8690, S8714 [16DE]

Wells, ME: tribute to Wells Reserve & Laudholm Trust solar energy project, S1527 [16MR]