HOUSE 2597116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 5/9/2019
Actions
- 2019-05-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- 2019-05-08Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- 2019-05-08Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-05-08Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-05-08Introduced in House
- 2019-05-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-08 (00)
Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019
This bill addresses clean energy standards.
Among other things, the bill
- requires retail electricity suppliers to sell a certain quantity of clean electric energy;
- establishes a federal clean energy credit trading program;
- subjects retail electricity suppliers to civil penalties for noncompliance with requirements;
- establishes a state energy efficiency, clean energy deployment, and electric bill reduction program;
- requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to facilitate coordination between the federal clean energy program and state clean and renewable energy programs;
- requires the National Academy of Sciences to periodically evaluate all aspects of the federal clean energy standard; and
- directs DOE to establish a program for the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of clean energy technologies and portfolios.
Cosponsors (8)
- Doris Matsui (D-CA)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Energy
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy prices
- Energy research
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
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