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STEP Act

Introduced: July 20, 2001 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Jul 20, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 20, 2001
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 July 20, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1213: STEP Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1213/
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"S. 1213: STEP Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1213/.
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S. 1213, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1213/.
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