SOLAR ENERGY related term(s) Power Resources

Articles and editorials

Solar Installer Sunnova Seeks Bankruptcy, S3297 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions

Consumers: require certain creditors to disclose dealer fees in solar financing transactions (see H.R. 4489), H3473 [17JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: limit funding for ground-mounted solar energy systems (see H.R. 1592), H876 [26FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish grant program to facilitate use of solar energy systems and energy storage technologies at federally qualified health centers (see H.R. 6281), H4896 [21NO]

——— establish program to increase participation in community solar and receipt of associated benefits (see S. 2182), S3562 [26JN] (see H.R. 4162), H3008 [26JN]

——— prohibit congressionally established entities from preventing implementation or enforcement of net metering service standards (see H.R. 5464), H4453 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior: co-locate renewable energy projects on certain existing Federal leased areas (see S. 896), S1604 [6MR] (see H.R. 5639), H4507 [30SE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain solar energy projects that would result in conversion of prime farmland (see S. 3227), S8274 [20NO] (see H.R. 3313), H1944 [8MY]

Foreign trade: prohibit procurement of solar panels manufactured or assembled in China (see S. 3320), S8482 [3DE] (see H.R. 1167), H613 [10FE]

Power resources: recognize accelerating solar, storage, and wind deployment can quickly and cheaply meet U.S. power demand growth (see S. Res. 564), S8833 [17DE]

——— recognize that facilities that produce renewable electricity are cheapest to operate and reliance on fossil fuel-generating facilities drives up wholesale electricity prices (see S. Res. 565), S8833 [17DE]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 3431), H2102 [15MY]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 1994), H1065 [10MR] (see H.R. 2301), H1217 [24MR]

Taxation: deny energy credit to property located on prime or unique farmland if such property is used for generating solar energy (see H.R. 1237), H674 [12FE]

——— exclude facilities placed in service on prime farmland from certain tax credits relative to clean energy (see S. 3227), S8274 [20NO] (see H.R. 3313), H1944 [8MY]

——— phase-out wind and solar energy clean electricity production and investment credits (see H.R. 2838), H1597 [10AP]

——— prohibit allowance of advanced manufacturing production credit for components produced by foreign entities of concern (see H.R. 2871), H1598 [10AP]

——— terminate certain production and investment tax credits for wind, solar, and battery energy storage (see H.R. 4118), H2922 [24JN]

——— terminate clean electricity production credit and clean electricity investment credit relative to certain technologies (see H.R. 3291), H1943 [8MY]

Letters

Clean energy tax credits funding: several Members of Congress, H3169 [2JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding, H3837 [4SE]

Renewable energy: eliminate subsidies for wind and solar energy, H1901 [7MY]

Taxation: clean energy tax credits funding, H2620, H2651 [11JN]

Remarks in Senate

Biden, Joseph R., Jr.: evaluation of administration relative to energy policy, S3296 [10JN]

Budget: prohibit any budget reconciliation provision to eliminate clean energy tax credits, S4081 [30JN]

Taxation: clean energy tax credits funding, S2853–S2857 [12MY], S2905 [14MY], S3100 [22MY], S3192 [3JN], S3326 [11JN], S3642–S3645 [28JN]

——— maintain parity for wind and solar facilities, S4068 [30JN]

——— modify termination date for residential clean energy credit, S4069 [30JN]

——— repeal termination of certain clean energy credits, S4070 [30JN]

——— restore wind and solar energy clean electricity production and investment credits, S4062, S4063 [30JN]

Texts of

S. Res. 564, recognize accelerating solar, storage, and wind deployment can quickly and cheaply meet U.S. power demand growth, S8842 [17DE]

S. Res. 565, recognize that facilities that produce renewable electricity are cheapest to operate and reliance on fossil fuel-generating facilities drives up wholesale electricity prices, S8842 [17DE]