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HR 2196 110th Congress House

Knowledge Is Power Act

Official title: To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for disclosure to consumers of the fuels and sources of electric energy purchased from e… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for disclosure to consumers of the fuels and sources of electric energy purchased from electric utilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
Energy Alternative energy sourcesBiomass energyCoalCommerce
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Consumer educationElectric power productionElectric utilitiesEnvironmental ProtectionGeothermal resourcesGovernment Operations and PoliticsHydroelectric powerLandfillsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMunicipal solid wasteNatural gasNuclear energyOcean currentsOcean energy resourcesRefuse as fuelSolar energyState lawsWater Resources DevelopmentWind power
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May 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
May 7, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 7, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 7, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Knowledge Is Power Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to disclose prominently on consumers' periodic billing statements the percentage mix of energy technologies and fuels used to generate the electricity sold within the distribution utility's distribution area.

Requires such disclosure to specify the percentage of electricity generated from coal, from gas, from nuclear, from any other fuel, and from any particular type of renewable energy (including solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean tidal, ocean wave, ocean current, ocean thermal, geothermal, municipal solid waste, or hydroelectric).

Declares compliance requirements inapplicable if before enactment of this Act: (1) the state has implemented for such utility the standard concerned, or a comparable one; (2) the state regulatory authority or relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider the standard's implementation; or (3) the state legislature has voted on its implementation.

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  • HR 2171 Identical bill Knowledge Is Power Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 7, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 7, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2196: Knowledge Is Power Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2196/
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"H.R. 2196: Knowledge Is Power Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2196/.
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H.R. 2196, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2196/.
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