S 1213
107th Congress
Senate
Energy
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Energy conservation
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Nonprofit organizations
Rebates
Revolving funds
Social Welfare
Subsidies
STEP Act
Introduced: July 20, 2001
Introduced by:
Cantwell, Maria
Democratic
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To President
Became law
Jul 20, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 20, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Savings Through Energy Productivity Act, or the STEP Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish the STEP Emergency Rebate Program (STEP), under which the Secretary makes grants to eligible utilities to pay the costs of providing rebates or credits against the amounts of electric bills of customers that reduce the amount of electric energy consumed.
Establishes the STEP Fund in the Treasury. Instructs the Secretary to establish a program making no-interest loans to utilities and nonprofit organizations to pay up to 100 percent of the cost of an energy productivity project. Requires an annual accounting by loan recipients.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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